New CAP strictures leave sheep farmers on edge

Q&A: John Lynskey
New CAP strictures leave sheep farmers on edge
Thu, 06 Feb, 2014 - 00:00
Daniel Hession

John farms 45 hectares along the Mayo/Galway border.

His main enterprise is sheep; he farms a flock of 170 Suffolk/Texel/Belclare cross ewes. He also keeps suckler cows and an area of tillage, as well as running an agricultural contracting business.

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