From bovine to biofuel at ‘pageant of rural life’

IT was a day that featured talk about unmarked white vans delivering imported meat to hotels, restaurants and catering outlets, as if it was a scene from some James Bond film.

The importance of agriculture as an indigenous industry and the support structure it provides for rural life was underlined.

Government ministers, political and farm leaders, and the captains of the country's agri-sector mixed and mingled with clergy and other folk in the fine weather.