Michael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Independent)
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Should there be a warning for farmers who go to a mart to buy a five-star animal for a replacement heifer? A farmer might have five-star bulls, or four-star bulls and five-star cows. In a year's time they will be selling a heifer to another farmer who will use it as a replacement in 2017 or 2018. Is it fair to say that it will be possible that the animal they buy is not the animal they thought they had bought?