Michael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)
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I wish to mention a few more scenarios to our guests. I have seen the following happen in the west. Let us say a contract rearer takes in calves that will be kept as weanlings for the first year and later returned if they are dairy stock. The contract rearer is caught in the middle of an awful situation. How can that be resolved? Let us say I take in calves, rear them, bring them on and next they are impregnated using AI or a bull. Contract rearers are caught between the devil and the deep blue sea. A person could have cattle but not have facilities to cubicle train them or calf them down. How does that work out?