Watch: Around the Editor's Table - The general election farming debate

Catch up with our 18 February live broadcast debate where the spokespeople on farming and rural issues from four political parties answered readers' questions ahead of the general election.

Farmers Journal

24 February 2016

Watch: Around the Editor's Table - The general election farming debate

From left: Sinn Féin's director of elections Matt Carthy MEP, Irish Farmers Journal editor Justin McCarthy, Labour TD and member of the Oireacthas Agricutlure Committee Michael McNamara, Fianna Fáil’s agriculture spokesman Éamon Ó Cuív TD and Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney for Fine Gael at the live broadcast of Around the Editor's Table.

Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney for Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil’s agriculture spokesman Éamon Ó Cuív TD, Labour TD Michael McNamara and Sinn Féin’s director of elections Matt Carthy MEP joined Irish Farmers Journal editor Justin McCarthy for a live debate this Thursday night.

Have politicians done enough for the dairy, beef, sheep or tillage sectors? Are farm incomes too low? Is the CAP or RDP doing enough for farmers? Watch their answers below.