"SLURRY SPREADING DEADLINE MUST BE EXTENDED THIS YEAR" - Cllr Paul Lawless
The slurry spreading deadline must be extended well into October in a bid to help the agricultural sector who are working to a standstill to try and meet the current cut off point.
That’s according to Aontú’s Mayo Cllr Paul Lawless who says he is writing to the Minister for Agriculture seeking an extension as a matter of urgency.
Cllr Lawless says
“Farmers and Agricultural Contractors are in an absolute tailspin given the dreadful Summer we had. The fields around Mayo and the West in general were sodden and only improved recently”.
“I have been inundated with calls from Contractors, many of whom are doing 20 hours a day trying to get slurry out before deadline. They are trying to do 2 months’ work in 2 weeks, they need to get the tanks emptied but it’s absolutely impossible for them.”.
“Usually, they’d get slurry out in the Spring / Summer, but this Summer truly bucked that trend with more rain than sun”.
“In all, they have had a disastrous Summer so they need urgent help”