Organic farms deliver higher financial performance

ECONOMIC performance is higher on organic farms than on conventional farms.

That’s according to research presented by Teagasc’s Dan Clavin and Brian Moran at the recent Teagasc organic conference.

Clavin and Moran pointed out that direct costs per hectare are 53% lower, and farm family income per hectare is 30% higher, on organic farms. Organic farms also have a more viable socio-economic profile. And greening of the CAP and flat rate payments may work well for organic farmers — if these European Commission ideas find their way into the eventual CAP reform.