Janusz Wojciechowski, the nominee for the role of European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, who comes from farming stock in Poland. \ Law and Justice Flickr
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Irish farmers might be surprised to find they share a concern in common with their European counterparts – an innate suspicion of non-farming folk.
This suspicion has been addressed by the new Polish Commissioner for Agriculture, Janusz Wojciechowski. He assured MEPs this week that although he wasn’t a farmer, he was raised on a farm run by his parents.
Some Irish farmers might miss former Agriculture Commissioner and Kilkenny man Phil Hogan, but the new fella assures us he knows a shovel from a sliotar.
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Irish farmers might be surprised to find they share a concern in common with their European counterparts – an innate suspicion of non-farming folk.
This suspicion has been addressed by the new Polish Commissioner for Agriculture, Janusz Wojciechowski. He assured MEPs this week that although he wasn’t a farmer, he was raised on a farm run by his parents.
Some Irish farmers might miss former Agriculture Commissioner and Kilkenny man Phil Hogan, but the new fella assures us he knows a shovel from a sliotar.
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