Mr. John Bryan:

What we must remember is that in the 1980s, the relativity between dairy and beef farming was about 1: 1.25, today it is 4:1. There is no reason to believe that in ten years time the relativity of dairy to beef farming will be 4:1. More than likely, the return on beef will come up substantially. It must if beef production is to continued. When I started farming in the 1980s, and the Chairman will remember this, a dairy cow was worth about 1.25 suckler cows or about one acre of beet. The relativities have changed. In all probability that will change again. One should never plan everything on the current trends. We may get a few bob from the suckler cows yet, Senator O'Neill.