Beef
Expanding Irish beef production 'a highly risky strategy'
Expanding beef production is a highly risky strategy in the midst of Brexit uncertainty, dismal farm incomes and the threat...
Beef
Expanding beef production is a highly risky strategy in the midst of Brexit uncertainty, dismal farm incomes and the threat...
N.Ireland
Provisional figures indicate that the ‘Total Income from Farming’ (TIFF) in the North rose by 22% in 2016 (21% in...
CAP / Schemes
In 2017, revised estimates for the Department of Social Protection provide for expenditure of almost €83m on the Farm Assist...
Dairy
On English dairy farms, the average farm business income fell by around half to £42,300 (€47,365) in 2015/2016, the latest...
Tillage
Tillage farmers in parts of the country are losing an estimated €350/ac as crops are completely wrote off thanks to...
Agri-Business
Stark figures from Teagasc show that only 37% of farms were economically viable in 2015 while a further 29% of...
Other
Farm incomes in counties in the west are over €27,000 lower than those in counties in Munster and Leinster, figures from...
Agri-Business
Farm incomes are set to fall significantly across all sectors this year, according to Teagasc’s top economists. Following a number of...
Agri-Business
ICSA president Patrick Kent has hit out at the methodology Teagasc uses to calculate farm incomes. It comes following the...
Rural Life
The Minister for Agriculture, Michael Creed, needs to recognise that there is a real income crisis on farms which has...
Agri-Business
The new President of the IFA, Joe Healy, has said that competition is what is needed to improve beef farm...
Agri Politics
Brexit would have a significant negative impact on UK farm incomes, a new report commissioned by the National Farmers’ Union...
N.Ireland
There was a 5% drop in the value of Single Farm Payments in Northern Ireland in 2015, according to the...
Agri-Business
The Annual IFA Farm Income Review, compiled by IFA Economist Kevin Kilcline shows that National Farm Income in 2015 is...
Dairy
Dairy incomes in Northern Ireland are projected to fall by 78% during 2015/16, according to provisional figures released this week...
Agri Politics
The recent positive trade figures news that EU agri-food exports picked up in November last year, must not be confused...
N.Ireland
The ‘Total Income from Farming’ (TIFF) in Northern Ireland fell by 41% in 2015 (42% in real terms) to £183m...
Agri-Business
Beef farmers are facing a tough 2016 as global demand for beef will not match supplies worldwide, according to the...