With the on-going fodder crisis and this drought, the Dept of Agriculture needs to look at the size of the national; herd and the possible need for a culling. With the removal of milk quotas for example has seen a huge increase in dairy cows that cannot be fed if there is a sustained period of bad weather..
shitferbrains
Maybe someone could contact the DF in the Curragh ? They’re usually keen to be seen helping out and it shouldn’t be too difficult for them to organise a water bowser.
roscaf
There are a number of wells on the plains for watering the sheep. I would be more concerned about the provision of feed for them.
Sheik Yahbouti
I notice these sheep have been very recently shorn. Why are their needs not being met.
Rob_G
Why do you think their needs aren’t being met? None of those sheep look too skinny; I don’t think that the author of this piece has a clue what they are talking about.
With the on-going fodder crisis and this drought, the Dept of Agriculture needs to look at the size of the national; herd and the possible need for a culling. With the removal of milk quotas for example has seen a huge increase in dairy cows that cannot be fed if there is a sustained period of bad weather..
Maybe someone could contact the DF in the Curragh ? They’re usually keen to be seen helping out and it shouldn’t be too difficult for them to organise a water bowser.
There are a number of wells on the plains for watering the sheep. I would be more concerned about the provision of feed for them.
I notice these sheep have been very recently shorn. Why are their needs not being met.
Why do you think their needs aren’t being met? None of those sheep look too skinny; I don’t think that the author of this piece has a clue what they are talking about.