The Government is also proposing a charge of €500 to €600 per hectare for forestry. The president of the Irish Farmers Association has rejected the new local authority planning charges for farm buildings, stating that they will impose significant and unjust cost increases on farmers and their families for necessary farm building work. He also noted that building work is needed to upgrade farmyard facilities to comply with environmental cross-compliance and local authority by-laws and secure commercial viability following the Luxembourg CAP reform agreement. More power to the IFA, Macra na Feirme, the GAA and other organisations which are vocal in their opposition to the development charges.