Farmers more wary of indebtedness

The selling of bank debt to vulture funds may be one of the factors behind a significant increase in the percentage of farmers saying their farm debt is too high, in the 2018 Irish Examiner/ICMSA Farming opinion poll.

Farmers more wary of indebtedness
Thu, 20 Sep, 2018 - 01:00

By Stephen Cadogan

The selling of bank debt to vulture funds may be one of the factors behind a significant increase in the percentage of farmers saying their farm debt is too high, in the 2018 Irish Examiner/ICMSA Farming opinion poll.

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