Farming special - Day 3: 

Increased live cattle exports were said by most farmers in the Irish Examiner ICMSA farming survey to be the best way to improve their prospects in the beef industry.

Since February, livestock farmers have been protesting, at retail outlets and meat plants, against falling incomes, which they blame on price and carcase-specification cuts for weight and age.

An impressive 60% of the 582 farmers interviewed pointed to the live export trade to boost their industry.