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“This quarterly fuel price survey once again highlights the need for farmers to challenge fuel retailers when buying diesel and kerosene,” IFA’s inputs project team chairman John Coughlan said. “The variation in fuel prices from county to county cannot be simply explained by transport costs.”
The average cost of agricultural diesel is now 62c/litre, with farmers paying 117 c/litre for car diesel, and 57c/itre for kerosene.
Connacht continues to be the area where farmers pay the most for fuel, with Leitrim farmers paying almost 75c/litre for agricultural diesel and Mayo farmers paying up to 123c/litre for car diesel. This is 10c/litre more than farmers in midland and southern counties are being charged.
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