Dramatic fall in farmer afforestation
\ Philip Doyle Annual planting by farmers has fallen from 7,935ha in 2010 to 1,292ha last year (Figure 1). While total afforestation has fallen from 8,315ha to 3,550ha in the same period, the drop in planting by farmers has been far more dramatic, as non-farmer afforestation continues to increase. While farmers planted an average of 95% of all new forests between 2010 and 2014, this changed in 2015 when 904ha were planted by non-farmers. Afforestation by non-farmers has continued to increase and outperformed farmer planting in 2018 and 2019. Last year, farmers planted only 36% of the affore...
Source: farmersjournal.ie
