Professor Gerry Boyle:

No, but the issue is whether farmers had been up to capacity before the drought and before this year in producing to what is possible. We can double grass production on most farms and PastureBase Ireland has demonstrated that. We have a Grass 10 programme, which is a four-year programme supported by the Minister and a number of other private companies are involved. We are focusing all our efforts around efficiency but if a farmer, clearly, is not capable of generating the efficiencies in grass production for the stock on his or her farm, that is not a sustainable position. That is the clear message we are trying to send out. I admit it can be difficult at times to get that message across.