Tillage
The Irish tillage sector has endured three challenging harvests in a row. And the prospect of fourth is now looming.
Agri-Business
The government's Tax Strategy Group (TSG) has said that introducing an income volatility measure for farmers would be "disproportionate".
Teagasc has recently projected a rise in tillage incomes of 12% to €43,000, year-on-year: part of its updated farm performance review.
The average income on tillage farms forecast to increase to €43,000 this year according to a new report published by Teagasc economists.
Sheep
Sheep farms are expected to record an average income of just under €34,000 in 2025, representing...
The average income for dairy farmers is set to increase by 30% in 2025 compared to 2024, according to figures published today by Teagasc.
Average farm incomes on Irish beef farms is forecast to reach €25,000 in 2025, a sharp increase on previous years, according to a new report.
N.Ireland
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has published its first, provisional, estimate for farm incomes in 2024.
Agri Politics
The ICMSA president Denis Drennan has urged the EU Commissioner for Agriculture Christophe Hansen to ban below-cost selling of food.
Teagasc is projecting that incomes on Irish tillage farms will increase in 2025, relative to the year just ending.
According to the recently published Teagasc Outlook projections, Irish tillage incomes could increase by as much as 40% to €42,000 next year.
After a record year for Family Farm Income in 2022, 2023 was a challenging year for farmers, according to the annual review from DAFM.
The value of Irish agricultural output more than than doubled in the 10 years from 2014 to 2023, according to a new department report.
Rural Life
A new report by Teagasc has provided an outlook on farm incomes for 2025 in a new report that estimates average incomes for next year.
Dairy
A new report by Teagasc provides the latest estimates of average farm incomes for various farm types in 2024.
An income volatility measure to support the farming sector, unveiled in Budget 2025, could cost €15.3 million for the first three years.
Measures announced in Budget 2025 today will not "do enough to address the income crisis" on farms, according to IFA president Francie Gorman.
The Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers' Association (ICSA) urged the government to take immediate action to address the crisis in farm incomes.
Following the publishing of data from the CSO showing the fall of family farm incomes in 2023, these reductions are something that individual farm businesses "cannot handle".
Representatives from the ICMSA have met with the government ministers responsible for Budget 2025 to set out the farm organisation's demands.
The leader of the Rural Independent Group of TDs has called for a multi-million aid package for farmers in the upcoming budget.
Economists at Teagasc have outlined that it is likely all farm systems could, to some degree, experience an increase in incomes this year.
Income for beef finishers and farmers with cattle declined by almost one-fifth in 2023, according to the Teagasc National Farm Survey.
