Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The majority of farmers in this country are broke. Only a third of farmers have economically sustainable farms given the way the industry has gone. Another third have to work outside the farm to make ends meet. They are broke for a number of reasons. The main one is that they are not getting paid enough for their produce. Meat factories and supermarkets are squeezing them. Another reason is that because of the way the CAP system is built, richer farmers are getting the bulk of the money and farmers are drowning in a sea of paperwork. Climate change is radically affecting the way farmers are able to work.

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