Nitrates, milk prices and TB top of the agenda at this year’s National Dairy Show

Nitrates, milk prices and TB top of the agenda at this year’s National Dairy Show

An Taoiseach Micheál Martin chats with stall holders at the National Dairy Show. Picture: Maria Kelly

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has told dairy farmers that his government will continue to press the European Commission on the future of Ireland’s nitrates derogation as one of its “key priorities.” 

It comes just days after Agriculture Minister Martin Heydon announced that European Environment Commissioner Jessika Roswall has accepted his invitation to visit Ireland to see first-hand the work being carried out by farmers to protect water quality.

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