Stephen Cadogan: Despite year of upheaval 60% still confident of farming future
Falling milk prices since the spring of 2015, a completely new system last year for distributing €1.2bn per year of EU-funded farm income support, climate change becoming one of the most important factors in EU agriculture policy, and Britain voting last June to leave the EU.
The changes have left farmers punch drunk, but 60% remain optimistic about the future of farming, according to the annual Irish Examiner ICMSA farming poll.
