Commenting, Ian said:
"Mr Lochhead has been repeatedly warned for over a year that his plan for delivering basic farm payments was bound to fail. His excuse that it is 'complicated' does not wash with farmers.
"To take until the second week of February to apologise for the debacle, and then offer a Government-backed loan, is simply not good enough. Farmers want the money which is sitting in the Scottish Government bank account, not loans."