Exclude farmland and buildings from any property tax, urges IFA

PRO-FARMER taxation and funding measures could keep Ireland’s fastest growing export business on track, Irish Farmers Association (IFA) president John Bryan said in a meeting yesterday with Taoiseach Brian Cowen.

Agri-food exports have risen 14% this year.

The IFA leader said that the exclusion of farmland and buildings from any new property tax, and funding for farmers leaving REPS in the AEOS in 2011, would keep Ireland’s 130,000 farmers pushing towards economic recovery.