Fears incomes will decline under decoupling

FEARS that the income of family farms will decline under decoupling have been voiced by the ICMSA president, Pat O’Rourke.

While Mr O’Rourke said he accepted that decoupling would allow people more freedom, he said farmers must be able to make a living from it.

“There is no point in having the freedom to farm if you can’t make a decent living from it,” he said at the ICMSA annual general meeting, in Limerick.