CIAN NIHILLgets the views of five farmers
MARY BASSETT Fethard-On-Sea, Co Wexford:[The future is] good, with all the different things we have, from the beet, we have miscanthus grass and all that kind of thing, it's not all doom and gloom
JAMES STEPHENSON Richtown, Co Wexford:With the recession and the way things are, I can't see them picking up at all – I'll see how it goes for a while and if it doesn't pick up I'll go somewhere else. Farming is tough, there is nothing in it, no money, just pure sacrifice
SAM O'SULLIVAN Bantry, Co Cork:It depends what type of farming you are in, dairy farming is good anyway. I'm beef, suckle – no money in it. The price of fertiliser is too dear for what you are selling during the year.
MILES O'ROURKE Ferns, Co Wexford:It's looking good, prices are good. There has been an increase in prices, expenses are up all right but there is a demand on stuff anyway
PAT HALLY Clonmel, Co Tipperary:There is nothing else in Ireland developing only farming. Dairy and beef is good at the moment, tillage is good so the outlook is good anyway