VOLCANO THREATENS ICELAND MEAT AND DAIRY PRODUCTION
April 1st, 2010
BY KEITH NUTHALL
EUROPEAN and Iceland farm organisations have warned Icelandic meat and dairy production could be seriously hit by the eruption of the Eyjafjallajökull volcano. Europe's Copa-Cogeca and the Farmers Association of Iceland have both warned ash is falling on an important agricultural area - home to 15% of the country's cattle and 6% of sheep. They are now indoors. And Iceland association chairman Haraldur Benediktsson has stated: "The grazing season lies ahead and lambing starts in earnest in two or three weeks. Should the eruption continue ...
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