Mr. Denis Drennan:

There is frustration and anger and a down-beat attitude out there among farmers. Something we have been looking for for the past year and a half is around the excretion rate of the calf. It has been scientifically proven that it can be changed for the first 12 weeks of the calf's life and also the dropping in the banding that can result from farmers who are willing to feed a lower protein feed during the summer months. We need to get those across the line immediately to give some hope to farmers and lessen the blow of the 250 kg N/ha to 220 kg N/ha cut. Then we need to look at the right measure in the right place.

On the planning scenario and the TAMS, we have lost 14 months. We have now 14 months left. We have wasted half the time available to us to solve this problem and we need Government to sort it out immediately.