Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 14 September 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Nitrates Derogation and Nitrates Action Programme: Discussion
Mr. Bill Callanan:
The answer is "No", I do not, in respect of the impact because there are too many mechanisms available to a farmer to manage this before culling. I would not expect culling as part of this process. What I mean by that is that we have 6,500 farmers in derogation and 7,000 farmers who exceed 170 kg per hectare, but through exporting slurry, temporary grazing-----