Farm Finance: Asking all farmers to grow crops is akin to asking an electrician to plumb a house

"One more cow, one more sow, one more furrow under the plough" was the slogan attributed to the then Minister for Agriculture Mr Patrick Hogan almost 100 years ago

"One more cow, one more sow, one more furrow under the plough" was the slogan attributed to the then Minister for Agriculture Mr Patrick Hogan almost 100 years ago

One more cow, one more sow, one more furrow under the plough. This was the slogan attributed to the then-Minister for Agriculture Mr Patrick Hogan nearly 100 years ago after the Great Depression in a clarion call to farmers to expand production against the backdrop of the economic shock to the country.

Fast forward to today and Minister for Agriculture Mr Charlie McConalogue is seeking to encourage farmers to expand the area under tillage for 2022.