Professor Gerry Boyle of Teagasc estimates that there is 20% of straw left to bale and 30% of the pea crop to harvest in Ireland.
In a presentation to an Oireachtas committee on the future of the tillage sector in Ireland this evening, Professor Boyle outlined the current difficulties faced by the tillage sector.
However, farmers across Ireland will be concerned as many rely on the tillage sector for their supply of straw of winter bedding.
There is also a huge gap in average family farm income between tillage and other farm sectors, with tillage farmers depending on the single farm payment for 75% of their annual income.
This dependence on the single farm payment makes tillage farmers particularly vulnerable in the event of a hard Brexit, and the withdrawal of the UK’s financial contribution to the Common Agricultural Policy.
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Professor Gerry Boyle of Teagasc estimates that there is 20% of straw left to bale and 30% of the pea crop to harvest in Ireland.
In a presentation to an Oireachtas committee on the future of the tillage sector in Ireland this evening, Professor Boyle outlined the current difficulties faced by the tillage sector.
However, farmers across Ireland will be concerned as many rely on the tillage sector for their supply of straw of winter bedding.
There is also a huge gap in average family farm income between tillage and other farm sectors, with tillage farmers depending on the single farm payment for 75% of their annual income.
This dependence on the single farm payment makes tillage farmers particularly vulnerable in the event of a hard Brexit, and the withdrawal of the UK’s financial contribution to the Common Agricultural Policy.
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