The Connacht/Ulster land market is dominated by private treaty sales involving smaller plots.
Significant changes are about to be introduced to all farmers stocked at greater than 170kg organic nitrogen per hectare (NPH) this spring. These rules will affect both farmers in derogations and farmers who are over 170NPH but who export slurry to bring them under the 170 limit.
You can take the child from the land, but you can't take the land from the child.
A total of 88 successful land auctions featured in the national press in 2019, a drop from 153 in 2018. This 43pc fall in transaction numbers, and a 38pc decline in the volume of land sold, were not fully reflected in the amount of money generated. While the volume was down, the price was up.
The Connacht/Ulster land market is dominated by private treaty sales involving smaller plots.
