Hannah Quinn-Mulligan: Failure to accept climate change is causing our fodder crisis this spring
‘I hope that the sun suddenly shines and the looming crisis is averted but that doesn’t stop the fact that if it does, it will be a near miss for many’. Photo: Don Moloney
“I could sell 1,000 bales of silage after last night’s rain.” It was this comment from a contractor that stopped me in my tracks.
I knew the weather was making on-farm conditions difficult across the country but between that comment and a visit to a few other farms, the desperation many farmers are starting to feel — even in my relatively dry corner of Limerick — has hit home.
