Now that farmers are at their busiest season – calving cows, lambing sheep, etc – surely it’s not too much for farmers to ask their feed suppliers how much of the total ingredients of their feed is grown in Ireland.
While all in the feed industry accept that the Irish tillage farmers cannot supply all the requirements for animal feed, there appears to be some who have turned their backs on all feed produced nationally as they continue to import all ingredients.
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This undermines cereal production in Ireland with poor demand. It is high time this practice is called out.
These mills should be named and shamed.
A minimum inclusion rate of 30% Irish grain should be achieved.
This would have the effect of underpinning a sustainable tillage industry while at the same time supporting livestock farmers with feed and straw
supplies and having land available to reduce the nitrates impact on grassland farmers.
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DEAR EDITOR
Now that farmers are at their busiest season – calving cows, lambing sheep, etc – surely it’s not too much for farmers to ask their feed suppliers how much of the total ingredients of their feed is grown in Ireland.
While all in the feed industry accept that the Irish tillage farmers cannot supply all the requirements for animal feed, there appears to be some who have turned their backs on all feed produced nationally as they continue to import all ingredients.
This undermines cereal production in Ireland with poor demand. It is high time this practice is called out.
These mills should be named and shamed.
A minimum inclusion rate of 30% Irish grain should be achieved.
This would have the effect of underpinning a sustainable tillage industry while at the same time supporting livestock farmers with feed and straw
supplies and having land available to reduce the nitrates impact on grassland farmers.
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