The pressure facing farmers over Climate Action has reached new heights, with proposed new environmental restrictions, the EPA warning that the environment is "effectively subsidising" poor farming practices and RTé criticised for "farmer bashing".
In a welcome twist on the popular 'phone a friend' dictum, the wizardry of the modern mobile phone is helping fast-track direct payments to farmers.
Imagine if there was consumer bashing instead of farmer bashing when it comes to the environment?
FACTORY quotes for lambs rose again yesterday as factories poured on the juice. Having lifted their quotes by 5-15c/kg last week, they were up another 10-20c/kg yesterday.
A shortage of skilled workers in meat factories is now at 'critical' level, with factories looking to double the number of work permits in the sector to 3,000.
IRELAND'S largest dairy processors continue to pay the lowest milk prices in Western Europe, a Dutch survey has found.
Do farmers really want good leadership? This was the question in my head leaving an IFA presidential debate last week.
