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.
THE long overdue publication of the specially commissioned IFA study on beef prices at the factories - scheduled for release last autumn - has been further deferred.
Bord Bia has refused to detail the level of payments and supports it receives from meat processors.
You can take the child from the land, but you can't take the land from the child.
