Jackie Cahill (Tipperary, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I am sorry about having to leave. There was mention of getting crops grown by tillage farmers for dairy or livestock farmers. Issues of nitrates and stocking rates will have to be included in such calculations. If a farmer is to source a substantial part of his fodder from land that he has not on his area aid, the stocking rate implications would have to be taken into account. A little work on that might make it much more attractive to livestock farmers.