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Farmers in eight counties increased cropping in 2016

Farmers in eight counties picked a bad year to significantly increase their crop acreages.

Farmers in eight counties increased cropping in 2016

Thu, 08 Dec, 2016 - 00:00

Stephen Cadogan

The coastal counties from Wexford, through Cork, up to Donegal had very poor grain harvesting conditions.

Farmers in the Midlands were also affected.

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