At the National Ploughing Championships, the next generation reflects on challenges in a changing landscape
His family’s basic payment scheme entitlement – previously the single farm payment – has dropped considerably in recent years. Bracken also says that proposed cuts to the nitrates derogation limit will have knock-on effects, driving up the price of land.
“I was reared on a farm, on my grandfather’s farm, and I just took a love of farming. It’s one of those things, when you start it, you can’t stop it,” he said, leaning on a walking stick as he stood outside the Farmers’ Journal tent on Wednesday afternoon. “When you’re young, people think you don’t realise, but when you are in the farming, you know all about it, because of the price of things.”
“Our clubs, our towns, our villages, our members have seen their best friends leaving,” Farrell, who lives on a dairy farm with her partner in Knockcroghery, Co Roscommon, said. The proposed scheme would see the farm-owner financially rewarded for stepping back, while also providing incentives for young farmers to implement environmental measures and meet Government emission targets.
“We have to look at the cost of production. That’s the biggest thing. And at the end result, is there a profit there?” she said, speaking in the media tent.
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