Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)

One of the issues brought to my attention by farmers at one stage in regard to pricing is the disagreements between the farming organisations and Greencore Malt about the price paid for the crop over a number of years. Apart from considering the price to be too low, the fact that Greencore Malt only set the price at harvest time placed the farmer in a more vulnerable position than usual as well. Deputy Connick and I spoke to the chief executive officer of Greencore about the issue and the company has been in contact with the IFA.

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