Quotes of the day
“I don’t know if we give enough importance to our own native produced cereals.” – Fred Lynch, Irish Seed Trade Association president
“Surely to be to God Irish home-grown forage, grown on our native soil, is better than importing palm kernel.” – UCD professor Finbarr Mulligan
“Can we get a price for where we need to be? We’re on this world market and it’s like a merry-go-round and I don’t know how we’re going to get off it.” – John Murphy, IFA grain chair
“Young people are not eating the quantity of potatoes that we did.” – Michael Hoey, Country Crest
“Sustainability is very important, but it’s hard to get people to pay for it.” – John Martin, Centenary Thurles CEO
“I’m farming 100% rented land – that’s becoming a massive challenge, I have to try keep my yield up. The number one key is keeping the yield up, as my father always says tonnes over the weighbridge that pays the bills.” – Isaac Wheelock, farmer
“Crops are living things. You can’t farm from a spreadsheet. You have to look at what’s in front of you.” – George Blackburn, Cooney-Furlong agronomist
