Minister gets high approval rating from farmers

MOST farmers are happy with the performance of Agriculture and Food Minister Mary Coughlan, according to a survey published yesterday.

But 41.6% still indicated their intention to vote for Fine Gael in the next general election compared with 34.7% for Fianna Fáil.

The survey, commissioned by the Irish Farmers Journal, was conducted by Dr Pat Bogue, Broadmore Research, among 406 farmers at 12 locations across the country in late June and early July.