Macra chief’s call for agriculture to return to fore of policymaking

AGRICULTURE is the key to economic recovery, the annual Macra na Feirme rally was told at its opening in Bantry, Co Cork, last night.

Macra president Michael Gowing said the economy will only start taking positive steps forward when the agricultural community is returned to its position at the fore of national policies and decision-making and encouraged to fulfil its true potential.

“The cornerstone of this positive momentum has to be the youth taking their rightful place at the head of this industry and in the country as a whole,” he said.