Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 18 October 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Challenges Facing the Fruit and Vegetable Industry: Discussion (Resumed)

Mr. Niall McCormack:

Absolutely. I am the farmer here. To put this in context, we should think of a guy who goes into a bank and takes out an overdraft and who has secured credit for seed, fertiliser and contractors then having to look at a crop just being ploughed in.