Dealers only sale
The issue came to the fore at a recent meeting of Limerick IFA where Noel Woulfe, of the county’s IFA livestock committee, said it is no longer acceptable that genuine farmers be subject to a restriction on sale of cattle which is not applied to cattle dealers.
He said: “When a farmer buys cattle, and if there is an animal among them that he wants to re-sell, he has to hold the animal for a minimum of 43 days before the animal can be offered for sale again. But if a cattle dealer buys, he is allowed to re-sell the animal the following day. Farmers are being badly treated with this rule, and it should be removed immediately”, he demanded.
