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The meeting is set to take place on Friday at 2.30pm and will not include any of the fuel protest organisers. Hannah Furlong and Amy Forde report.
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According to the FCI, the current fuel crisis will cost the sector an additional €244m this year if no action is taken to reduce fuel prices.
The IFA has called for a temporary farm fuels support scheme for farmers and contractors - backdated to 1 March.
Following an FCI meeting last week with Government ministers, a Farm Contracting Working Group has been established and will comprise of representatives from relevant stakeholder organisations.
Thousands of trucks, tractors, vans and buses have turned out across the country to protest the rise in fuel prices.
Protestors are looking for carbon tax to be removed from green diesel as well as further reductions in excise duty.
Deputy Fitzmaurice highlighted the serious implications for agriculture that the rise in fuel costs will have, particularly as the silage season approaches.
Cerio Ensilados is one of the largest agricultural contractors in north Spain, specialising only in forage harvesting, cutting in excess of 22,000 acres annually.
What exactly is contributing to high-quality silage in Kilkenny For dairy farmers Leslie and Sam Caldbeck, producing high-quality silage is central to how their Kilkenny farm performs.
