ICMSA to demand plan to improve farm incomes

A FARM-income-centred development strategy for the agri-food sector will be the central demand of ICMSA in the upcoming talks on a new national agreement

President Pat O’Rourke said he was convinced that farmers needed to see a serious effort by the Government to put in place policies to increase substantially farm incomes.

While most of these policies would come from the EU, clearly there were national costs on agriculture which must be curtailed, if not reduced, Mr O’Rourke said.