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DEAR EDITOR: I am a 70-year-old suckler farmer. For the past five years, I was a participant in the genomics and weighing schemes.
The quality of my cows improved very significantly. At this stage, 85% of my females are eligible for the new scheme.
Reluctantly, I cannot join the new scheme due to my age, as I cannot commit to a scheme that I am forced to participate in until I am 75 years old.
Having been a participant in the old scheme, I cannot understand why farmers cannot join each year.
Another reason not
to apply
A provision could be put in that if you opted out one year, you could not re-join.
The fact that the new constraint of being Bord Bia-approved included this year for the first time is another reason not to apply.
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