Ploughing Championship called off
10/09/2001 - 18:22:00Ireland’s main annual farming event, the Ploughing Championship, has been called off.
Organisers say the decision to cancel the event was taken due to the continuing threat of foot-and-mouth disease from Britain.
Earlier it was reported that a number of major exhibitors had pulled out.
The Minister for Agriculture today said the threat of the disease here is far from being a thing of the past.
Meanwhile, the IFA dairy committee has called for an all-Ireland effort to keep the disease out.
