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Irish agriculture and food production may be in the front line of Trump’s trade tariffs, but we shouldn’t turn the other cheek and “suck it up”. We have to confront the bully at some point.
Good weather means a spring in the step of farmers planting crops, but the markets are not as bright as the weather, with tariffs (yet again) a threat.
While Thursday's meeting on regulations affecting peatland management saw real farmer concerns raised, Donald Trump's latest pronouncements on trade are even more worrying.
The IFA deputy president says that farmers have lost trust in Government, as the overlapping demands of the Nature Restoration Law, GAEC 2 and the Climate Action Plan affect peatland farmers.
As volumes on the move increase, prices are keenest in the west and the border counties, perhaps in part due to older, better-priced product being on-hand.
With the USA exhibiting signs of diplomatic, trade and political aggression towards Europe, farming funding is likely to be affected, while tariffs would be crippling.