| IFA Animal Health Project Team Chairman John Waters said following a meeting today with senior Department of Agriculture officials IFA have secured a suspension to the 20 mile separate herd number proposal. Mr Waters said the 2,500 farmers who received letters regarding this issue should ignore the letters and take no further action at this time. Amended letters will be issued by the Department of Agriculture to herd owners following a consultation process. John Waters said the current proposals are unworkable, bureaucratic, costly and unnecessary. He said the amended proposals must not interfere with normal day to day farm practices or add further layers of bureaucracy and cost. |
Friday, 10 September 2010 10:22