Farm income from Japanese Knotweed?

Japanese Knotweed and other invasive species are taking over the countryside, one Kerry councillor has said.

The Dealer

17 October 2018

I see Kerry Fianna Fáil councillor Michael Cahill is calling for a farm scheme to train and pay farmers to deal with Japanese knotweed. While this would boost troop numbers in the war on the invasive species, such a scheme would also provide additional income.

Hard to argue with that, especially when some local authorities seem to deal with the destructive knotweed solely by erecting a “do not cut” sign, then leaving it there for any number of months.

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