Farmer groups lay out election agendas

IFA has made an 18-page submission to the political parties and Dáil candidates for the 2016 general election.

This document sets out the organisation’s targets of sufficient national funding for farm schemes that underpin farm incomes and agricultural production.

This includes calls for restoration of ANC (disadvantaged) payments and payment increases for the suckler herd to reach 200/cow/year — both of which Fianna Fáil has responded positively to.