ICSA president, Gabriel Gilmartin,is appealing to farm inspectors to make allowances for the serious effect the current heavy rainfall is having on farms across Tipperary.
Mr. Gilmartin said he knows the Department is obliged to carry out inspections, and understands they can't be cancelled or postponed. However,the wet weather conditions means meeting the required standard will be extremely difficult, he said and he hopes the inspectors recognise this when they visit farms.
Mr. Gilmartin added that farmers are under huge pressure just getting their work done on a day-to-day basis with the amount of rain we’re getting.
He's appealing to the inspectors, with their knowledge of farming, to take the effect of the bad weather into account.
