Top farmer looks to future as EU market support shrinks 50% in five years

Former IFA President Tom Clinton tell young farmers the service industries are the future, but expect no guarantees in farming. Stephen Cadogan reports.

YOU never had it so good, even if farming is not great, young farmers were told recently by Tom Clinton.

The Co Meath farmer, a former IFA President, envisaged more farms with two and even three incomes coming in.