Mr. Conor O'Flaherty:

We will split some of those points between us. I will address the organic one first. We have organic farmers in the system but it is more of a halfway house for farmers to think about whether they need it or not. We are not out to say we will cut everything out. We are making everything justify why we need to use it for the environment and our own pockets as the Chairman has asked about costs. On the organic way, we are not against conventional farming, we have just become disillusioned with the way we have gone. We are getting more problems the whole time. We are not solving anything. We are going with the bag and the can trying to solve all our issues and we are not getting it. We are getting more problems with disease resistance. We are getting more fertilisers. Our soils are becoming worn.

The system has three key principles, that is the fundamental way it has to be looked at. The three principles are minimal soil disturbance, diverse rotations and the continuous cover of the soil. We are focused on the resource that is there, the most important one on the farm, namely, our soil. If our soil is not looked after our farming system cannot flourish. I will let Mr. McAuley and Mr. Greene take another couple of points.