Cormac MacConnell: The TV pig in the parlour gets my goat

If I were a farmer, I would have been angry for many years at the extremely negative way in which farmers are portrayed in TV advertising campaigns.

It has always been unfair and inaccurate, and in recent years, the situation has worsened sharply.

However, over the last couple of months, those who create these adverts for their clients have plumbed the depths altogether by bringing back the pig in the parlour. I don’t know about you, but I am quite livid about that. Scandalous is the word.