Farmers will be happy to hear that Teagasc director Gerry Boyle confirmed this week that the semi-state body for agricultural research and advice ?has no intention to increase advisory fees in the near-term.

Last year, Teagasc brought in over €10.3m from advisory fees paid by 42,000 farmer clients. Advisory fees, mostly coming from the Knowledge Transfer programme, account for a third of the €34.7m in operational income made by Teagasc last year.