Bord Snip blow to farming

BORD Snip Nua says agriculture, fisheries and forestry contributes only 2.5% of gross valued added.

That made it easier for the group to propose cuts in some of the subsidies which keep farmers in place, supplying raw material to the food industry.

Farming of itself barely contributes any personal income, it is subsidies that keep farmers producing the raw material which is turned into, for example, more than €8 billion of exports, in an industry which makes up 8.5% of the economy.