Tillage farmers face income drop of 50%

MANY tillage farmers could see their incomes fall by 50% this year, Teagasc predicted yesterday.

In its first grain harvest report of 2002, Teagasc confirmed that yields of cereal crops are down following the wet weather in recent months.

With 95% of the barley crop harvested and over 75% of the winter wheat harvest in, the report confirms the impact of the bad weather in late May, June and July.