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Farm families need support in October’s budget - IFA
Grace Hoare
IFA president Francie Gorman highlights the excessive costs and tight margins farmers are facing and outlines the additional support that is required to protect farm families.
13 August 2024 News
Commission on generational renewal must place priority on farm incomes - IFA
IFA president Francie Gorman stressed how just 28% of all farms were classed as viable in 2023.
31 July 2024 Viewpoints
Teagasc revises 2024 margins down for all sectors
We can talk all we like about environmental and social sustainability, but if economic sustainability isn’t possible, the others won’t work.
Dairy and tillage farms grow as drystock farms shrink
Stock numbers and farmed area dropped across beef, sheep and suckler farms in the 10 years since 2013.
31 July 2024 News
Over two in five farmers worked off-farm in 2023
A lower proportion of dairy farmers work off-farm than do in any other farming sector.
31 July 2024 News
Suckler sector warnings aren't being heeded
There are so many canaries indicating the plight of cattle farming they could form a dawn chorus, if they weren’t being starved of oxygen.
31 July 2024 Dealer
Declining suckler incomes see farmers walk away from sector - Sinn Féin
Suckler farm incomes falling to the lowest on record could see the sector decline further, according to Martin Kenny TD.
31 July 2024 News
Eight in 10 dairy farmers rented land last year
More dairy farmers are renting land and the number doing so in tillage is declining, Teagasc's National Farm Survey shows.
29 July 2024 News
Farming news: red tape risks €3bn, rewetting concerns and 2023 income slump
Get the latest on a new report commissioned by the Irish Farmers Journal on the impact of CAP, nitrates and climate targets on the farming sector, as well as concerns on rewetting targets.
26 July 2024 News
Transparency on future direction of beef prices needed – ICSA
ICSA beef chair John Cleary hit out at the prices offered by processors in recent months, calling them “disgraceful."
25 July 2024 News
Exclusive: mounting red tape could blow €3bn hole in rural economy
The report examines the combined impact delivering a 25% reduction in emissions, the loss of the nitrates derogation and CAP changes could have.
24 July 2024 News
Average farm income of €6/ha before direct payments
The average farmer received just over €430/ha in scheme payments over 2023, Teagasc's National Farm Survey found.
24 July 2024 News