€1m emergency aid to tackle fodder crisis

A €1m emergency aid package to help farmers deal with the escalating fodder crisis has received a mixed reaction.

With record wet weather conditions leaving many farms in desperate need of imported animal feed supplies as debts mount, Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney was under growing pressure to act.

However, Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers Association president John Comer said the scheme was “hopelessly insufficient” set against the scale of the crisis as he pleaded with the Government to immediately trigger EU solidarity funds.