Cormac McBreen

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240 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 13 Apr

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Liveline · Fuel Protests & the Cost of Living · 13 Apr 2026 podcast

So is the government going to buy tractors and put people on them?

to do the work.

Because you know who's not going to buy it?

It's the farmer.

Because a farmer cannot afford a 200-plus, 1,000-euro tractor to go out and do flipping a couple of hundred bales a year.

That day's gone.

Back in 2007, you could buy a whole bloody outfit for 70,000.

Like balers, tractors, two tractors, a baler, a wrapper, and do the whole thing.

Now you can't even buy a bloody baler for 100,000.

And the rate is not up that much.

Like my father and uncle, so they bailed back in 1985 and 86.

And bloody hell, when you break down the rates of it, they weren't actually getting much less than what we're getting today.

And probably 20,000.

I think back then, Massey Ferguson 399 in 1994 was 27,000 euros.

Now you wouldn't buy a tractor for 190,000 euros.

I am selling everything.

And whatever doesn't sell, doesn't sell.

And you know what?

I'm not even bothered.

I'm not in a push to sell it.

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