Beef farms threatened by prices, Brexit, and carbon footprint

The overall Teagasc estimate is that 2017 farm incomes will increase by 5% next year, on average

What sort of year was 2016 for Irish farming ? And what are the prospects for 2017?

Teagasc economists recently addressed these questions (and other issues such as Brexit, international competitiveness of the dairy sector, and the economic, social and environmental sustainability of agriculture).