The Clare Chairman of the ICMSA says agricultural land prices will continue to drop as long as farmers are receiving poor prices for their produce.
New figures show agricultural land in County Clare has dropped by 33.1%.
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The statistics contained in the the Irish Farmers Journal's Annual Agricultural Land Price Report reveals the average price of land was €5,391 in 2015 down from €8,054 the previous year.
Supply also took a tumble, going from just under 5,650 acres in 2014 to almost 3,900 acres last year, down 31.3%.
Prices ranged from €1,231 per acre acre for land in the Burren to €11,700 per acre for an attractive parcel close to Ennis.
Martin McMahon claims the figures come as no surprise to him.
