Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 28 March 2017
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Organic Farming Sector: Discussion
4:00 pm
Mr. Patrick Lalor:
The yield is between 2.25 tonnes and 2.75 tonnes per acre, but it can be up to 3 tonnes. If it is very bad, it can be as low as 2 tonnes, but I have never averaged that figure. I aim for an average of 2.5 tonnes per acre. From an environmental point of view, it is totally clean. Even the seed sown is undressed. The totally clean seed comes from the previous year. It is a no-brainer in terms of the environment. Senator Paul Daly asked-----