'Farmers must be compensated for environment work'
Ailbhe Gerrard
Ken Whelan
Farmers are not properly compensated for the environmental and wildlife preservation work they do as part of their everyday farming enterprises, and this has to be addressed both by Irish politicians and in Brussels.
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