Farmers increasing investments

MORE and more farmers are making off-farm investments, according to business consultants Farrelly and Mitchell.

The company, set up to help farmers to capitalise on the value of their farms for personal investment purposes, will hold meetings around the country next week to outline current and future investment opportunities in Ireland and overseas.

The seminars come on the back of the firm’s success in helping farmers to fund a $200 million (€157m) development of a championship golf course and construction of 550 condominiums in Florida.