Doorstepping in the dark

FARMERS busy with silage harvesting needn’t worry too much about not being at the door to welcome election canvassers.

The candidates can shed little light on the nitrates directive, milk quotas, the EU’s proposals to end export refunds, the prospects for live exports, or any of the other challenges to the continuation of Irish farming.

It seems that the only thing parties are sure about in the nitrates directive is that it was the other crowd that made a mess of it.