I see the IFA is ramping up pressure on the Government to introduce a retail ombudsman.

IFA president Joe Healy has invited Christine Tacon, the UK groceries code adjudicator, to headline a new food chain conference in November.

Getting Fairness for Farmers in the Food Chain will take place on 5 November in Dublin. Healy said Tacon’s visit would allow farmers hear first-hand how a properly established regulator operates between retailers and suppliers to ensure an even playing field.