The Farming Week: Dairy and tillage farm incomes to halve this year, call to extend ACRES scorecard deadline and over half of young farmers binge drink

July 28, 2023 10:22 am

Stella Meehan & Aisling O’Brien bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture, which this week include:

  • Dairy and tillage farm incomes could drop by over 50% this year;
  • Call for DAFM to extend ACRES scorecard deadline;
  • Warning that farmers won’t produce lamb anymore;
  • ‘Blanket’ planning objections to slurry tanks;
  • Over half of young farmers binge drink.

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