Farmers should do their own deals “as normal” with their contractor and ignore increased guideline prices for contractors announced last week, the ICMSA’s Denis Drennan has said.
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Almost three months after winning his first race on Australian soil, eight-year-old entire Sound will make his second visit to New Zealand in search of an elusive Group 1 win.
The Michael Moroney-trained galloper ended last year by winning the $250,000 G2 Zipping Classic (2400m) on November 14, his first win since joining Moroney ahead of the 2018 Caulfield and Melbourne Cups.
It was just reward for Sound and his connections for their patience as the son of German sire Lando produced a series of runs during 2020 which showed he was in the best form of his Australasian career for Moroney.
The Association of Farm & Forestry Contractors in Ireland (FCI) is recommending contractors quote an average of a 4pc increase in charges this year.
It says the price hike is needed to meet some of the increases in costs of machinery, insurance and labour costs that have been experienced by FCI members, since the beginning of 2020.
FCI said the increasing costs of new machinery for Farm & Forestry Contractors is impacting on the sustainability of many agricultural contracting businesses.
It also said further machinery cost increases in 2021 due to worldwide raw materials and component shortages, induced by the Covid-19 virus, are driving up machinery purchasing and ownership costs for Irish Farm & Forestry Contractors.