New Delhi, Oct. 2 -- The current TB Eradication Programme remains the single largest animal health cost for Irish farmers every year, amounting to a total of Rs 55 million annually in compliance costs, according to the Irish Farmers' Association (IFA).
The IFA is set to voice its views on the matter at a meeting of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine later today, Tuesday, October 1.
A key message set to be voiced by the association is that farmers must be fully compensated for all costs and losses imposed on farms as part of the programme, and that the "disproportionate cost burden" imposed on farmers must be addressed According to the report publish in agriland.ie
According to the IFA's submission on the m...