The new party is also in contention to take a seat in the European Parliament through Ciaran Mullooly.
The recent Irish Farmers Journal survey showed Sinn Féin at 6%, which seemed nonsensical. But using the slide rule of doubling that vote, it proved eerily accurate.
We provide a unique and comprehensive guide to how the farming candidates standing in the local elections fared.
The Fianna Fáil candidate for the Dublin constituency set the cat among the, er, dairy cows, as he stated his opposition to the nitrates derogation days before polling.
The Irish banking system was described as dysfunctional by an Irish MEP during meeting with farmers in west Cork earlier this week.
The Irish Farmers Journal surveyed over 1,100 farmers in the Midlands North West and South, here are the results of the poll.
The party, only founded last November, would get 11% of farmers first preference votes if a general election was held next week.
Want to know who the farmers are among the local election candidates? The entire list is here.
With a dozen contenders at each of the IFA's four European election hustings, Pat O'Toole was left with plenty to ponder.