Rural Life
Incomes: 'Sharp decline' for grassland and tillage in 2022
There will be a “sharp decline” in the incomes of grassland and tillage farmers in 2022 due to surging input...
Rural Life
There will be a “sharp decline” in the incomes of grassland and tillage farmers in 2022 due to surging input...
Agri-Business
The recently published Teagasc National Farm Survey 2020 Sustainability Report reveals economic differences including profitability between dairy, cattle, sheep and...
Agri-Business
Improving farm output prices are “likely to provide an increase in farm incomes in 2021, in spite of rising input...
Opinion
In his speech to the Irish Farmers Association (IFA) annual general meeting (AGM) last week, Taoiseach Micheál Martin stated that...
Agri-Business
The Annual Review and Outlook for Agriculture, Food and the Marine 2020 was published this morning (Thursday, October 8) –...
Agri-Business
The average family farm income rose by 2% in Ireland in 2019, according to a new report by Teagasc. Better...
Agri-Business
Covid-19 could reduce Irish farm incomes by anywhere between 26% and 57% this year, depending on the outcome scenario. That’s...
Agri Politics
The new edition of the Food Wise 2025 plan must have a greater focus on how to deliver more sustainable...
Beef
Beef farmers are continuing to struggle in terms of income in 2019, with persistently low output prices keeping pressure on...
Agri-Business
38% of beef farmers are unsure if they will still be farming in five years – with the average beef...
Agri-Business
The CSO’s first estimate of operating surplus in agriculture in 2018 shows an annual decrease of 16.8%, down some €580...
Agri Politics
The current average farm income of just €31,000 is unlikely to change by the end of the year in light...
Dairy
Current estimates suggest that the average concentrate feed use per dairy cow will jump by 75% in 2018 compared to...
Beef
Incomes for beef farms look bleak for the foreseeable future – with an estimated decline of 12% forecast, according to...
Dairy
It is likely that dairy farm incomes in 2018 will typically be only half of what was achieved in 2017, according...
Agri Politics
A report revealing that British farm incomes could be slashed by up to 50% under a hard Brexit reinforces the...
Opinion
It’s becoming increasingly clear that the Irish agricultural sector is facing into one of the most uncertain periods in its...
Agri-Business
Teagasc has forecast very strong growth in dairy farm incomes, with largely stable incomes expected for drystock and tillage set-ups,...