Message to Minister Cowen: Bring back the suckler cow subsidies of 25 years ago

Some say that our new Minister for Agriculture, Barry Cowen, mightn’t know that much about farming.
Message to Minister Cowen: Bring back the suckler cow subsidies of 25 years ago
At Macroom Mart last Saturday, this 500kg Angus bull born May 2019 sold for €1,240.
Thu, 02 Jul, 2020 - 15:00
Denis Lehane

At Macroom Mart last Saturday, this 1005kg Limousin bull, born November 2015, sold for €1,720.
At Macroom Mart last Saturday, this 1005kg Limousin bull, born November 2015, sold for €1,720.

Some say that our new Minister for Agriculture, Barry Cowen, mightn’t know that much about farming.

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