Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 14 February 2024
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion
Mr. Francie Gorman:
The point should be made as well about the smaller family farm referred to by Deputy Mythen. I met a farmer at the Virginia Agricultural Show earlier this year who between banding and nitrates, would be asked to reduce his cow numbers from 24 to 17. That is unacceptable. It does put the smaller family farm in danger in a big way.
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