IFA urges farmers to put safety at top of their work agenda this year

IFA president John Bryan is asking all farmers to put farm safety top of their work agenda in 2013.

Mr Bryan said 2013 was going to be a defining year for the future of farming, with the conclusions of the CAP reform negotiations key among the issues of concern. “The immediate priority must be to ensure that a full EU CAP budget is secured for Ireland by our Taoiseach Enda Kenny at the Heads of Government meeting in early February.”

Mr Bryan said farmers’ biggest hope for 2013 would be better weather conditions and an early spring to help cope with winter fodder/quality shortages as a result of the disastrous wet weather conditions of last summer. The recent wet conditions were continuing and impacting very negatively on farm costs, work pressures and ground/crop conditions.