Mixed reaction from farmer organisations to 'Our Rural Future'

'Plan does acknowledge the central role played by the agri-food sector outside of the main cities' 

Our Rural Future plan doesn’t mention ‘commercial farming’, said ICMSA president Pat McCormack. Picture: Don Moloney

Farmer reaction to the Our Rural Future plan has been mixed.

ICMSA pointed to how farming and food production is not just an element of Ireland’s rural economy, “it is Ireland’s rural economy”.