Conor Halpin

Certified organic farmer pocketing 30c/kg bonus for cattle and €400/t for oats

‘I have been driving tractors since I was 16’ – ag contractor

‘I was never planning on milking 200 cows’ – 50-cow farmer

‘You need an off-farm job to be farming’ – 75-cow and 240-ewe farmer

‘Our goal is to get the cost of production plus a margin’

‘I am only passing on one-third of my increased prices to the customer’ – ag contractor (30)

‘The focus needs to go on cattle that can do more off grass’ – 12-cow suckler farmer

‘I aim to use YouTube to make farming more viable’- 10-cow farmer

‘A lot of agricultural contractors will not survive because costs are increasing so much’

‘Would you make a living out of a 100-cow suckler herd?’ – 12-cow suckler farmer