Macra president: Vital need to keep on top of market forces

As farmers, we are price takers and have little control over the price we receive for our products. A huge proportion of our time is consumed dealing with external factors to our businesses and those of the farmers we represent.

Those external factors I speak of include Brexit, exchange rates, weather, trade deals and commodity prices.

They are just some of the factors that have a huge effect on the profitability and viability of our businesses.