‘We’re encouraging people to get into farming rather than encouraging people to get out’ – Charlie McConalogue
The Agriculture Minister explains why he opposes a farmer exit scheme as he discusses live exports, the fertiliser register, beef prices and land prices among other topics in a wide-ranging one-on-one interview in Brussels
Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue near his home in Burt, Co. Donegal. Photo: Joe Dunne
Candidates by the dozen are promising to fight the good fight for farmers over in Europe these past weeks.
It’s easier said than done, Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue told me when we met on the sidelines of a Council of Agriculture Ministers meeting in Brussels last week.