Farmers have continued their protests at distribution centres serving supermarkets in recent days to express their anger at the low price they currently get for agricultural commodities, especially beef. Unlike the maverick tractorcade targeting traffic and public transport disruption in Dublin’s city centre at the end of November, the latest action is officially organised by the Irish Farmers Association and carefully calibrated to avoid turning the general population against farmers. Each of the 12-hour blockades rotating between the warehouses of various retailers (Aldi, Lidl and Tesco so far) was lifted just before any shelf would become empty in this busy…

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