Call for below-cost selling ban to safeguard the horticulture sector
IFA President Tim Cullinan has said that the Government should move quickly to restore the ban on below-cost selling of food. He made the comment when launching economist Jim Power’s report, tiled Retail Price Compression Threatens the Viability of Irish Horticulture, yesterday. “The price compression at retail level has forced growers out of business. The most recent National Field Vegetable Census, which is now out of date, showed that the…