Irish farmers might be surprised to find they share a concern in common with their European counterparts – an innate suspicion of non-farming folk.

This suspicion has been addressed by the new Polish Commissioner for Agriculture, Janusz Wojciechowski. He assured MEPs this week that although he wasn’t a farmer, he was raised on a farm run by his parents.

Some Irish farmers might miss former Agriculture Commissioner and Kilkenny man Phil Hogan, but the new fella assures us he knows a shovel from a sliotar.

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