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IFA Seeks Scrap Metal Theft Crackdown
Business & Finance - Farming & Fisheries
Friday, 18 May 2012 03:28
IFA Environment & Rural Affairs Chairman Harold Kingston has called for the introduction of a ‘track and trace’ compliance scheme, which would compel all scrap metal dealers to record the source of the scrap metal received.
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IFA President John Bryan has said the Minister for Agriculture’s decision to delay implementation of AEOS 3, and his failure to commit to a meaningful scheme, will impact severely on farm incomes on vulnerable farmers dependent on an agri-environment scheme.
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