Rural Life
Teagasc has launched 'Farm Enterprise Data Dashboards', which are described as online tools to provide "clear insights" into incomes.
Agri-Business
Average farm income - driven by stronger returns from dairy and "drystock enterprises" - is forecast to rise to €48,500 in 2025,
Agri Politics
Agriland spoke with the president of the Irish Farmer's Association (IFA), Francie Gorman about income at farm level and its importance...
Succession and the aging profile of farmers remain key issues for the future of the agricultural sector, according to a report from Teagasc.
Could demand for party venues in Ireland create a new business opportunity for farm families if they throw open the gatest in 2025?
The European Council has unanimously approved a set of conclusions on a "farmer-focused" Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) beyond 2027.
All aspects of agricultural sustainability - environmental, economic and social - have been highlighted at a Teagasc conference today.
Six in 10 farmers are concerned about the future viability of their farm enterprises, according to a comprehensive independent survey.
Tillage News
The incidence of off-farm employment has risen to 60% in 2023, according to the National Teagasc Farm Survey 2023...
Dairy
To date, 2024 is looking like "another challenging year" for farming in terms of weather, particularly for tillage and dairy farmers.
ICMSA president, Denis Drennan has said that the government 'should be ashamed' of the Teagasc farm income findings
Beef
Incomes for suckler farms fell back in 2023 by 15%, with persistently high input costs more than offsetting an increase in scheme payments.
The average income for Irish dairy farmers was €49,500 in 2023, a fall of 69% or €108,000 on the previous year, according to a new report.
Farm business income measured across all farm types in Northern Ireland is expected to decrease...
Dairy Technical
How Irish dairy farmers are paid for their milk has to be a major factor when selecting potential sires for the 2024 breeding season.
Almost 60% of the income in Irish agriculture in 2022 was produced on just over 15,300 dairy farms, according to Teagasc.
Tillage
The value of the tillage sector is estimated to be down by 15% due to the difficult harvest according to the IFA.
Farmers in Co. Leitrim earn the lowest farm income in Ireland, according to a new report published by Revenue.
IFAC released its Irish Farm Report 2020 today. In the document, tillage farms are reported to have taken a 40% decrease in profit.
N.Ireland
Provisional figures indicate that the ‘Total Income From Farming’ (TIFF) in Northern Ireland fell by 25% in 2019, according to DAERA.
New figures on farm income in 2018 should serve as a "wake up call' for the Government and the EU, according to the IFA.
Calls have been made for the Government to solve the issue of farm income volatility at the next budget later this year.
Teagasc has officially confirmed the figures for the average farmer income in the tillage sector for 2018, in its National Farm Survey.
