Farmers paying above average diesel prices

A quarterly fuel price survey by the Irish Farmers Association has revealed that the cost of agricultural diesel has fallen by 20%.

But it also shows that farmers in Kerry, Limerick, Mayo and Westmeath continue to pay above the national average of 51.16c per litre.

IFA Inputs Project Team chairman James McCarthy called on suppliers to reduce fuel prices in line with declining oil prices internationally.

He said the survey also shows a 12% fall in car diesel price, with an average price of 102.76c per litre.

The price of kerosene also fell by 20% to 47.06c per litre.

The average price of agricultural diesel in Munster is 50.85c per litre, according to the IFA survey.

It varies from 46c in Cork North, 47.67c in Cork West, 49c in Clare and 50c in Cork Central to 54.5 in Kerry, 53c in Tipperary North, 52c in Limerick and 51c in Waterford.

Car diesel prices in Munster averaged 101.41c per litre with the following variations: Clare 102c, Limerick 101.9, Tipperary North and Waterford 101, Tipperary South 102, Cork North 99, Cork Central 100.95, Cork West 99.6 and Kerry 105.9.