Farmer condemns attitude of vets

VETS were accused at a yesterday of having “a superior attitude” to farmers.

Jim Dwyer, a leading dairy farmer from near Borris-in-Ossory, Co Laois, hit out at the profession in an address to the Animal and Plant Health Association (APHA) annual conference in Portlaoise.

He said the profession needs to urgently look at ways to improve its services to what has become a more specialised and demanding industry.