Farmers line up hundreds of tractors in Dublin January 10 as a finale to a weeklong convoy from the west of the country, organized to draw attention to their plunging incomes. The Irish Farmers Association (IFA), which organized the action, said falling agriculture prices and bad weather had hit farmers hard last year, reducing overall returns by almost 9 percent. Farmers’ incomes are further threatened by planned reductions in subsidies under the European Union’s Common Agricultural Policy. IFA president John Dillon warned that many farmers are being driven off their land.  
 
 
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