Tillage farmers 'facing into serious loss-making situation'
High land rents – inflated by new nitrates rules – and declining Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) payments are severely impacting tillage farmers this year.
The "atrocious" weather in July and August means Ireland's tillage farmers are "facing into a serious loss-making situation", the Irish Farmers' Association (IFA) has warned.
IFA national grain chairman Kieran McEvoy said that feed spring barley and winter wheat are "incurring significant losses per acre, particularly on rented land".
