Farmers want land back to park trophy tractors
In a remarkable development the Mirish Farmers Association (MFA) are in discussions with the National Asset Management Agency (NAMA) in a bid to secure land on which to park disused farm machinery.
“This is a very unfortunate situation,” an MFA spokesman told The Mire. “Basically our members were advised in the boom years to invest profits from land sales in farm machinery to avoid taxes. Now they find they have these huge trophy tractors and nowhere to park them.”
“It is a sad situation. A real sign of the times,” he added.
On condition of anonymity a farmer explained his plight to The Mire: “I have a great big tractor so I have. She’s a beauty. In the good times I drove her everywhere. Now, things aren’t so good I went to park her up but I couldn’t. The tractor’s bigger than the farm. It’s not fair so it’s not.”