Letting land getting top dollar on the border

€470/ac/year paid for 96ac grazing farm at Newbliss, Co Monaghan

96ac of grazing ground at Newbliss, Co Monagahan was leased for 10 years at €45,000 per year

Jim O'Brien

The high prices for letting land are not confined to the dairy lands of the south — farms along the border are also making good leasing money.

A 96ac farm extending at Rossnaglogh, Drum, Newbliss, Co Monaghan was leased by Raymond Fee for €45,000 per year or €470/ac on a 10-year lease.