AIB: Farmers should seek help for Brexit scenarios

It was understandable less than one in five farmers were actively factoring Brexit into future business plans given uncertainty levels, according to AIB’s head of agriculture Dr Anne Finnegan.

She was commenting on Ipsos MRBI research commissioned by AIB and conducted via face-to-face interviews with a broadly representative sample of 554 Irish farmers between April 10 and May 19.

Dr Finnegan said farmers are clearly worried about the impact of Brexit, with three in four noting concerns for their businesses — most particularly regarding market uncertainty, reduced output prices, and declined direct payment receipts.