Farmers would strongly support a farmers’ political party should one emerge nationally, the latest Irish Farmers Journal survey has revealed. When asked if they would give their first preference vote to a farmers’ party, 72% of respondents, almost three-quarters, said they would be likely to. Of those, 28% said they would be highly likely to. Only 7% said they would be highly unlikely to, with a further 10% unlikely to, leaving 11% as indifferent. The overwhelming support for a farmers’ party was consistent across all farm sectors. Some 74% of dairy farmers said they were likely to give their first preference vote to such a party compared to 69% of tillage farmers. Seventy-one per cent of suckler and sheep farmers would give a farmers’ party their first preference vote, as would 73% of cattle finishers.