Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 28 September 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022: Discussion

Photo of Paul DalyPaul Daly (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

How is the correlation made between what is purchased and what is actually spread? For example, what would happen if I wanted to buy 20 tonnes of nitrogen in September but I had a good year and there was a chance of fertiliser prices going up again, so I decided to buy 60 tonnes because I had a few bob? We can use the day of delivery rather than the day of purchase for the example. When I purchase 60 tonnes in September, it goes onto the system, but I will not spread 40 tonnes until the following March, which is a new calendar year for schemes. How will anybody know when I spread it?

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