We should continue leveraging the Ploughing to showcase what's good about Irish farming
Anthony Murphy of Limerick making the most of the sunshine with an ice cream at the National Ploughing Championships last week. Picture: Dan Linehan
I had the pleasure of attending the National Ploughing Championships this past week plucking up the courage to wade through the slop and muck on Thursday choosing to take the fair weather farmer option rather than the die-hard approach of braving simultaneous soft conditions above head and below feet as experienced on Tuesday and Wednesday.
It has been five years since I attended and sparing time to go is a big effort as the event coincides with the main tax filing deadline for companies. Invariably one will meet at least one person you know and a whole load of people you don’t, and that’s a good thing when you consider just how many people are connected to agriculture.
