Farmers encouraged to shop around for key inputs - Kilkenny Farming

IFA Farm Business chair Bill O’Keeffe has encouraged all farmers to shop around for best rates on key inputs.

His comments come after the IFA Farm Business Committee undertook a survey of prices nationwide in the last week.

“We felt as a committee we had to look at cost inputs nationwide this spring and have concentrated on a few key inputs that most farms use: fertiliser, feed and fuel,” Mr O’Keeffe said.

“For fertiliser, we looked at the most popular fertilisers sold, CAN, 18s and Protected Urea. What we found is a price discrepancy of almost €70 a ton between the cheapest and the dearest nationwide. On beef and dairy rations, we observed differences of almost €40 a tonne and similar in a 1,000-litre fill of green diesel,” he said.