Sacred cows

Ah, finally, some good news.

The cows have had a pay rise. Calculations by Oxfam's Duncan Green for 2003 show that the average cow in the Dordogne or Lower Saxony can expect to have $2.62 a day lavished on it. (The Guardian, Monday October 17, 2005)

What I like about the agricultural subsidy issue, it's that it's not so clear cut as it appears. Some developing countries actually benefit from subsidized agricultural products from the North and would be worse-off without them.