“Financial support is urgently needed before livelihoods are lost. Schemes have been established to support small businesses and the hospitality, tourism and retail sectors, and similar support for farm businesses is vital if our farming base is to come out the other side of the Covid-19 crisis.
“It is welcome that the agriculture minister Edwin Poots recognises the severity of the situation and we will continue to work with him and his department in the coming days to ensure a solution is found.”