What have ya against dairy farmers Gerald?

TossL1916

"Furthermore, Eddie Downey isn't a dairy farmer and so I felt that he,s the man for the job"
They are the words of Gerald Potterton in this weeks journal.
Can anyone explain why Gerald or any other beef or tillage farmer might have an agenda against dairy farmers?
Also, does this kind of attitude mean the I.F.A is becoming redundant? Would we be better off with a seperate farmers association for each enterprise?
Farming politics doesnt interest me at all but from the small bit that i do know i think the I.F.A is trying too hard to be all things to all people.

jersey101

maybe he thought because he wasnt a dairy farmer he would have more time on his hands, to be fair alot of dairy farmers unless they have a milker or a lad working are always busy???

TossL1916

jersey101 wrote: »

maybe he thought because he wasnt a dairy farmer he would have more time on his hands, to be fair alot of dairy farmers unless they have a milker or a lad working are always busy???

Fare point but surely its a given that anyone running for I.F.A president will be giving it their full attention.

Muckit

I think he was more concerned that a dairy farmer looking towards 2015 would only focus on this sector to the detriment of all others.

farmerjack

I would say that statement was tongue in cheek

Damo810

Don't blame him. They're an awful aul shower

rancher

Damo810 wrote: »

Don't blame him. They're an awful aul shower

Tim O'Leary is a dairy farmer, Tim and Eddie should be a nice combination

grassroot1

The Cork dairy farmers always decide who will be president:D

Sharpshooter82

sure he doesnt even like christmas.....very contray man id say. I remember last year he wrote that he only outs up the tree on christmas eve and spents christmas day walking all his fields to plan out the following years crops after the dionner is ate. I pity his wife.

flat out !!

Sharpshooter82 wrote: »

sure he doesnt even like christmas.....very contray man id say. I remember last year he wrote that he only outs up the tree on christmas eve and spents christmas day walking all his fields to plan out the following years crops after the dionner is ate. I pity his wife.

Pure scrooge

bob charles

IFA leader really should be a dairy farmer as its best probably for the country to focus on dairy as the game seems to be up for all other sectors. Tillage/sheep/beef/hort really are at nothing worth while. Sad state of affairs but maybe thats just the evolution of farming in our little country

J.O. Farmer

Sharpshooter82 wrote: »

sure he doesnt even like christmas.....very contray man id say. I remember last year he wrote that he only outs up the tree on christmas eve and spents christmas day walking all his fields to plan out the following years crops after the dionner is ate. I pity his wife.

At least when he's out walking the fields after Christmas dinner she can enjoy the rest of the day. That is unless he drags her with him to take notes.

oldsmokey

And the old claptrap he writes at times...the article this week past about going to vote in the IFA election...was like something a garsun would write for his school 'composition'....'this morning I got out of bed..I took off me ja-mies...looked for a long time at the poster of Eddie Downey on the wall....and said a little prayer...'

jomoloney

rancher wrote: »

Tim O'Leary is a dairy farmer, Tim and Eddie should be a nice combination

what's the deputy's role?

i think i can count on one hand the amount of times I heard downey state any thing constructive in his 4 years

biddy2013

Who is the out going deputy leader of ifa?

rancher

biddy2013 wrote: »

Who is the out going deputy leader of ifa?

Eddie Downey was the deputy president, very few deputy presidents ever got to be President, so the position was always reckoned to be a poisoned chalice.
As Jomoloney said the Deputy wouldn't have a high profile and Eddie was lucky he wasn't running against someone like Henry Burns who'd be a lot better known