Generational renewal

Soft succession skills should be taught in the Green Cert

Macra Kerry chair and IFA member Mark Riordan said students need to learn at agricultural college how to approach succession discussions.

NEWS 6 December 2025

Soft succession skills should be taught in the Green Cert

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Action, not words, needed on generational renewal says Macra president

Action, not words, needed on generational renewal says Macra president

NEWS 19 November 2025

Dairy Day: succession woes leave French co-ops cagey on cutting milk prices

Dairy Day: succession woes leave French co-ops cagey on cutting milk prices

NEWS 15 November 2025

Dairy has no future without more young people – Kerry

Dairy has no future without more young people – Kerry

Dairy has no future without more young people – Kerry

NEWS 13 November 2025

Certainty the main asks from nitrates farmers

Certainty the main asks from nitrates farmers

Certainty the main asks from nitrates farmers

NEWS 12 November 2025

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Teagasc beef conference agenda: high-value weanlings and profitability

Teagasc beef conference agenda: high-value weanlings and profitability

The Teagasc 2025 national beef conference is looking to build on the sector's positivity coming out of a strong year for prices.

NEWS 22 October 2025

Minister Heydon must honour €13/ewe Sheep Welfare Scheme commitment - IFA

Minister Heydon must honour €13/ewe Sheep Welfare Scheme commitment - IFA

The IFA has argued that Minister for Agriculture Martin Heydon must find €2.4m for the Sheep Welfare Scheme.

NEWS 22 October 2025

Young farmers ‘punished for progress’ - Macra

Young farmers ‘punished for progress’ - Macra

Macra president Josephine O’Neill spoke emotionally about the impact losing the nitrates derogation would have on young farmers.

NEWS 22 October 2025

UFU votes no confidence in DAERA

UFU votes no confidence in DAERA

Members of the UFU "have zero confidence in DAERA’s willingness or ability", its president William Irvine has said.

NORTHERN IRELAND 22 October 2025

UK’s ‘brutal’ inheritance tax move had a silver lining for farm succession

UK’s ‘brutal’ inheritance tax move had a silver lining for farm succession

Leading British farm succession expert Heather Wildman told the Women & Agriculture conference that there was an upside to the UK’s shock move on farm inheritance tax.

NEWS 22 October 2025

Dempsey at Large: agriculture out on a limb

Dempsey at Large: agriculture out on a limb

If we are serious about generational renewal in Irish farming, as distinct from normal generational shifts in land ownership, then the most basic reappraisal of policy has to take place.

VIEWPOINTS 22 October 2025

Commission wants to double young farmer numbers

Commission wants to double young farmer numbers

Brussels called on member states to tackle non-farmer interests in the land market, saying they should “act against speculative acquisitions and land grabbing to keep land available for farming”.

NEWS 22 October 2025

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