Fianna Fáil has promised to move to ban the "predatory" below-cost selling of vegetables, fruit and potatoes by large supermarket multiples and to remove the red tape frustrating farmers on a daily basis.
In its new agriculture policy, the party has pledged that family farming should remain the mainstay of Irish farming as opposed to corporate farming.
It has also promised to remove unannounced farm inspections and to adjust the penalties to ensure that they are proportionate.