Mike Brady: Five steps to feeling better about your farm
Farmers’ heads are dropping as Irish agriculture faces a constant barrage of negativity – but these tips can lift your mood
‘If you take a step back, Irish agriculture has really never been in a better place, with many financially viable and labour-efficient full-time and part-time units all across the country’. Photo Getty
After an extremely challenging spring, I have noticed an air of doom and gloom among farmers and their professional advisors. The constant steam of negative news about agriculture and the environment is really getting to farmers — they feel helpless.
Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, water quality and the nitrates derogation, protection of biodiversity and habitats, animal welfare and live shipping and that undefinable term, regenerative farming… these areas of intense discussion are greatly affecting the mood of people in agriculture.
