For Irish beef industry watchers, the events of the last few months must seem like deja-vu, or watching a bovine version of ‘Back to the future’.  The challenges of Irish beef production have always been full of dilemmas and can’t be made light of; Thomas Hubert’s recent column in The Currency demonstrated clearly the challenges the suckler beef production system has, as politicians are all too aware it keeps small rural farms in business and its demise would have serious societal consequences.  Grass-based production is one of the most carbon-neutral systems when the carbon capture of pasture is included. Yet…

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