The Farmers For Action (FFA) Steering Committee has said it is time for Ireland and the UK to ditch 75% of fossil fuels for biofuel.
The group said such a move would prevent rogue regimes and fossil fuel giants holding farmers to ransom.
The FFA claims that if this was rolled out across the world it would also solve accelerated climate change.
William Taylor from FFA stated: “FFA [is] calling for Ireland and UK to introduce a Farm Welfare Bill to have farmers paid a minimum of the true cost of production, inflation linked, plus a margin for their produce, then family farmers can stabilise the food supply and produce biofuel where suitable.
“Obviously we would have to import the shortfall from countries like Brazil where e.g., their petrol cars have been running on ethanol since the 1970s.
“It is absurd that the EU Mercosur deal is now progressing towards importing more Brazilian beef which we don’t need as opposed to bio fuel.”
FFA so claims that carbon taxes will “never ever do anything to halt accelerated climate change”.
Fuel costs
FFA is urging family farmers to pressurise the processors whom they are supplying, for a farm gate price increase, where appropriate, rather than pressurising agricultural contractors.
“Don’t forget your contractors are the people who very much supported FFA’s NI six-weekly protests at Tesco earlier this year,” Taylor added.
The FFA Steering Committee has also claimed that rising fuel costs, inflation rising, inheritance tax and increased taxation are the fault of the governments across Ireland and the UK.
The farming group claims that the government have not been acting in the interests of farmers or small and medium-sized businesses.