IFA bids to save hill farms with action plan

A 10-point action plan for the survival of farming in hill areas was launched yesterday by the Irish Farmers Association (IFA).

President Joe Healy, who launched the initiative at an IFA hill sheep farmers’ forum in Newport Co Mayo, said the plan covers all of the key policy issues and must be a priority for the Government.

He said the policy actions are geared at positively promoting the sustainable development of hill areas and, if implemented, could have a very positive impact on hill farming and on wider rural communities.