Farm Contractors Ireland

Farm Contractors Ireland Association of Farm Contractors in Ireland. FCI is run by Contractors for Contractors

REASONS TO JOIN FCI
-FCI is run by Contractors for Contractors
-Support for Contractors- Strenght in numbers
-Support in running your business
-A voice for Contractors
-A lobby at local and national level
-Talk to other Contractors a promblem shared is a problem halved
-Various discounts available on parts and servicing
-A forum for contractors to voice their own oppionions
-Opening doors for Contractors

โ€œ๐–๐ž ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐, ๐›๐ž๐œ๐š๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ก๐š๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐ž๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐จ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐โ€Contractors ar...
07/09/2026

โ€œ๐–๐ž ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐, ๐›๐ž๐œ๐š๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ก๐š๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐ž๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐จ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐โ€

Contractors are calling for urgent action as marked gas oil (green diesel) prices peaked in August 2026.

The Association of Farm and Forestry Contractors in Ireland has asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Martin Heydon, for an immediate meeting to address rising fuel costs and their impact on farm operations.

Read the full update and what FCI is asking for: https://wix.to/jL6QJui

The Association of Farm and Forestry Contractors in Ireland (FCI) is calling on the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Martin Heydon, to urgently respond to recent letters requesting a meeting with his department.FCIโ€™s increased urgency comes off the back of new data showing that the m...

New data from the Association of Farm Contractors Ireland: 1 in 3 contractors have spread 450,000 litres less slurry thi...
26/08/2026

New data from the Association of Farm Contractors Ireland: 1 in 3 contractors have spread 450,000 litres less slurry this year.

Unusual growing conditions disrupted normal silage and slurry patterns, therefore contractors are asking Government for a temporary extension to the slurry spreading period based on actual ground and weather conditions.

Read the full article for survey results and proposed next steps: https://wix.to/EK7U7dD

The Association of Farm and Forestry Contractors in Ireland (FCI) have written to Government requesting a temporary extension of the slurry spreading period - beyond October 1st - based on actual ground and weather conditions. Figure 1: Results from survey of FCI membershipUnusual growing conditions...

24/08/2026

'Green diesel rose twice as much as white diesel and in half the amount of time'

19/08/2026

Seven in 10 contractors have harvested at least 250 fewer acres of silage this year.

19/08/2026

'When a farmer experiences a cash-flow shortage, in many instances it becomes an outstanding contractor account. The contractor is then effectively financing agricultural production'

19/08/2026

Farm contractors face double hit as drought cuts work and threatens cash flow - 19 August 2026

17/08/2026

The Association of Farm and Forestry Contractors in Ireland (FCI) has written to the Government to ensure that the full allocation of the โ‚ฌ100 million originally allocated to support the agricultural and forestry contracting sector is ring-fenced for those sectors and used for its intended purpose.

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