Teagasc to offer specialised service

The country’s commercial farmers are to be offered a more specialised advisory service by Teagasc.

But the director of the State authority, Jim Flanagan, told the Agricultural Science Association annual conference in Waterford that farmers who want this more specialised service will have to pay a greater proportion of the cost.

A recent development in the Connacht Gold area was a welcome indicator that specialised farmers are willing to pay most, if not all, of the cost of a dedicated advisory service that meets their needs.