Bord Bia Problem

Beef protests were a waste of time , because there's no unity from farmers, those that had to take a beating during the weeks of the protest phoning the county officers whingeing about it.

Also the factories would be foolish to give in to the farmers,, even if the protest went on for six months the factory would get to kill the most of the cattle when it was over so win win for them.

It means they found a fudge so both sides can say they got what they wanted. He's still the chair without being the chair.

The IFA couldn't walk away with Murrin in place. The government couldn't remove him as they'd backed him so strongly.

According to Google Subway are 4th and McDonald's are second.

Looking at the menus in both I expect McDonald's would be selling more beef and chicken by weight per customer.

Based on the menus only I'd say there's a chance KFC and burger king sell more chicken and beef than subway.

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It's too much like the fox being in charge of the henhouse for me.

What was the reason for him to take the position of chairman of Bord bia if not to belittle the efforts of livestock farmers.

Conspiracist hat on.

If this whole debacle was funded from the states and the grain growers the on the ground in Ireland footsoldìers hidden in the IFA.

Then this is exactly what the American money wants. Is the implosion of Irish agriculture.

Odlums when it was a family business had a mill in St. Mullins, Carlow. The flour was treated with bleach to give it it's white colour. The wash went into the river. You ate the flour with added bleach.

Stone ground was mentioned. Teeth in humans wore faster when eating stone ground flour as stone dust is included in the flour.

Said it before there won't be an IFA when this is finished. We'll be lucky if we've any industry at all at the way it's going.

The same was said of IFA in 2015 and look where it is now. There's top farmers and graduates running the show, they won't let it flounder.

I would be sceptical about the top farmers and graduates but they do have serious wealth and goodwill built up from previous generations that will allow them to survive comfortably for my lifetime.

The dependance on EU funding and inheritance of the farmers in the beef sheep section could allow the self made business men in other sections could lead its direction but does it really matter because the relivance and financial worth of agriculture in Ireland is dropping fast.

Also as the general population grows and moves another generation away from the land numbers of farming voters shrink so decision-makers don't care for their opinions any more.

That's a good one