Paula Hynes: Shows, sales and new life on the farm

We have fought to deal with policy changes, weak dairy markets and horrendous weather so the idea of a base price is a chance at survival for many dairy farmers
Paula Hynes: Shows, sales and new life on the farm

Georgie Hynes adds the finishing touches before the Limerick show.

The American rapper and actor Curtis James Jackson adopted the nickname 50 Cent as he saw it as a metaphor for change.

As I look at how dairy markets have rocketed upwards over the last few months, and especially over the last few weeks, a base price in excess of 50 cents now is easily achievable, could that be a metaphor for change? Absolutely, as dairy farmers have struggled so hard over the last 18 months. 

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