Auctioneers ‘hyping con-acre prices’

SOME auctioneers were accused by the Irish Farmers Association yesterday of hyping con-acre prices on the back of one-off higher grain prices.

IFA Grain Committee chairman Colum McDonnell claimed these auctioneers were creating unrealistic expectations for land owners in terms of land rental values.

“The price of grain this harvest has been driven by adverse weather events which affected yields right across the globe,” he said.