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Fri 12 Dec 2004A choice between expanding or exiting
Sheep farming: The theory is that as the numbers of farmed animals fall, prices to farmers will increase to create market stability, writes Seán MacConnell.
It would appear that farmers here are ploughing on with their lives regardless of what will be the biggest change in agriculture since we joined the EU. Beef farmers have been paying large prices for replacement stock and have put their beef-producing cows in calf, while dairy farmers have not reduced their number of dairy animals.
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