Denis Lehane: The Karate Kid of Irish farming

Early last Sunday morning, while you were probably still tucked up in bed, I was working up a real sweat. There I was with a big red head on me, and I pounding away like the devil himself.

And for my efforts last Sunday morning, I received a blue belt in karate. Yes my dear friends, your favourite farming commentator is now a deadly killing machine.

Of course, some farmers might cry, “What’s the point in a progressive farmer becoming a blue belt in karate?”