Macra urges Fodder and Food Security Committee to reconvene amid drought concerns

Macra urges Fodder and Food Security Committee to reconvene amid drought concerns

Macra National president Josephine O’Neill has called for the National Fodder and Food Security Committee (NFFSC) to be reconvened urgently amid ongoing drought warnings and growing concerns over fodder supplies for the coming months.

Co-ops: Fodder committee ‘should meet without further delay’

The ongoing drought has seen numerous calls for the National Fodder and Food Security Committee to reconvene. Now, the Irish Co-operative Organisation Society (ICOS) has added to those calls, saying the committee should meet “without further delay”. In a statement today (Friday, August 14), ICOS said: “The prolonged dry period is having an extreme effect in parts of the south, southeast and midlands, whereas in other regions, growing conditions …