Bord Bia Problem

But it's making very little of farmers efforts if they let him keep his job

Do farmers think they'll be turned away from the Bord bia headquarters if they turn up to support or are they just pure lazy.

Just asking

I won't support a ifa action.

They were sitting at table with him.

Didn't uncover the problem.

Didn't support his removal until they discovered it was the popular opinion.

Its a populist move by a group that grew old together and are afraid of change.

The reason the Ifa and Francie went to Athlone and now outside Bord Bia is the top brass told Francie get out there the annual membership is due and be seen to be there. The top brass want the money coming in to pay their wages and not rock the boat with the money collectors. The chairman won’t be moved by the IFA.

I think you have picked me up wrong.

They are doing this to remain relevant to Irish farming. It is simply a token gesture to gain publicity. I do not believe they have the interest of the majority of farmers at heart on any issue.

I believe they have been a major cause of damage to Irish farming the last decade and have lost touch with young/progressive/partime/self made farmers of the 21st century.

Can anyone answer why the ifa did not expose this issue? (Considering the chair has said they knew about it)

Can anyone answer why it has taken so long for them to take action?

That''s a bit sad, Francie was first outa the traps looking for chairmans removal, No one can say that IFA knew before now without lying through their teeth and coming across as a begrudger. Tax payers are paying another useless Public Service to monitor beef imports. Apparently the imported beef was declared in writing on the packaging for all to see including all lazy farmers so go figure.

Any citicism you have of IFA is only childish conjecture because you think everyone is getting more than you but not seeing the extra work we've put into improving our lot

I try to tell here that it's democratic, voted by farmers for farmers, but it's easier for lazy farmers to do nothing and fair enough.

But then to launch a tirade of abuse on the members is despicable and ultimately will only damage the position of farmers in negotiations.

There's monthly meetings in every county usually attended by representatives from national council. What can be wrong with that for formulating policy.

Farmers doing similar farming to myself in the thirty years up 2020 can't complain anyway.

I've no problem with the picket outside Bord Bia but it should have been done in coordination with the other farming orgs that sit on the Board. doing it this way has the look of, stroke politics.

I nearly put my fist through the laptop this evening when glancing over these lecture notes, from a university that has a board member in bord bia, lambs to the slaughter comes to mind, the dice is loaded and european farmers arent winning

I won't ask for context but ffs I hope there's more to it than that....

Intelligent people can be very dim at times......a counterpoint is not just food security , it is the whole chain of "value" extraction....seems like they find it hard to see the wood for the trees

Would be interesting to see where the funding for the geniuses that come up with this stuff comes from also...

Having said all that I may be jumping to conclusions but I suspect I'm not......what about strong case for govt policy to adjust **** processor/retailer/toothless authority regulator etc behaviour....the producer is forced to run at the pace of the system around them in order to earn an unsatisfactory return in many cases...examine the incentives and consequences within the system, look at who holds the real power......parkinsons law of triviality comes to mind.

I was reading Darragh McCullagh's article in The Farming Independent today. Others on here should read it too and maybe lose the need for someone's "head on a plate" attitude. It really is narrow minded to say the least.

What kinda course is that from if you don’t mind me asking Jaymla? (If you’d prefer not to answer that’s fine too)

My question is where was the oversight on all of this. It seems to me that the supermarkets just fire everything into a packet with a bord bia symbol on it and hope no one notices it's from Africa, Brazil or Israel. We get audited and get wraps on the knuckles if our paper work isn't correct who's doing these guys audits? I'm guessing it's not agridata or SWS?