Saturday, 13 June 2015 09:24

Honourable regardless

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Those fortunate enough to make it into the annual Queen’s birthday honours list deserve the accolade, we believe.

However, this month’s honours list had no one from the pastoral sector. Could it be that the Government is turning a blind eye to farmers because dairy is now contributing less to the nation’s coffers? Let’s hope not.

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