A number of feed companies have reported continuing delays in feed deliveries as they work through a backlog of orders after Storm Emma.

Delays to feed deliveries will have a particularly negative effect on dairy farmers and beef finishers who are depending on additional meal to produce milk or animals for slaughter.

Farmers have been very understanding

“We were already busy because of the time of year, but now we’re about a week behind on deliveries,” John Grennan of J Grennan and Sons, based in Offaly, told the Irish Farmers Journal.

“We got out on main roads on Saturday and drivers and yard staff have been flexible as well, coming in on Sunday to make sure that orders were filled.”

The south of the country continues to bear the brunt of the ‘Beast’, as Dairygold told the Irish Farmers Journal that some areas were still inaccessible due to snow accumulations.

“Farmers have been very understanding, given the extenuating circumstances. After tomorrow, we should be back up to date with orders,” a spokesman for Dairygold said.

“Over the past 48 hours, we’ve been delivering again, except for a few pockets in north Cork and Tipperary that we still can’t reach due to road conditions."

Our hauliers deserve a special word of thanks

Liffey Mills stated that they hoped to have caught up with orders by Tuesday evening.

A spokesperson said that although west of the Shannon hadn’t been hit too badly, the Offaly area, and in particular Birr, seemed to have been particularly badly affected.

Connolly’s Red Mills also said it hoped to be up to date with orders by Tuesday evening.

“Our hauliers deserve a special word of thanks for coming in on Sunday,” a spokesperson for the company stated.

“Without them, we’d be much further back with deliveries.”

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