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Game on: Macra competitions in full flight

Macra looks back on a year of successful competitions and recognises the winners who stole the show.

NEWS 30 December 2025

Game on: Macra competitions in full flight

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Try your hand at the 2025 Irish Farmers Journal/Macra know your agriculture quiz

Try your hand at the 2025 Irish Farmers Journal/Macra know your agriculture quiz

NEWS 28 December 2025

'We are there to listen over Christmas period' - Make the Moove

'We are there to listen over Christmas period' - Make the Moove

L2 25 December 2025

Seasons greetings from Macra's president

Seasons greetings from Macra's president

Seasons greetings from Macra's president

NEWS 24 December 2025

A big night for small racers in Kenmare

A big night for small racers in Kenmare

A big night for small racers in Kenmare

NEWS 17 December 2025

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Succession scheme for Kerry suppliers

Succession scheme for Kerry suppliers

KDI CEO Pat Murphy told a Kerry IFA meeting the scheme will be announced in the coming weeks and have a focus on new entrants.

NEWS 28 November 2025

Big milestones and bigger craic across the northwest

Big milestones and bigger craic across the northwest

It’s been a lively few weeks across the northwest, with Macra clubs marking milestones, making memories, and gearing up for a packed social season ahead.

NEWS 28 November 2025

FBD Trust marks milestone

FBD Trust marks milestone

The FBD Trust has dispensed over €70m to a bewildering variety of organsiations and projects across rural Ireland over the last 50 years.

DEALER 28 November 2025

Young Stock Podcast: will the real Willie Clancy please stand up?

Young Stock Podcast: will the real Willie Clancy please stand up?

Macra Munster vice-president Willie Clancy talks organic farming, succession and more with Anne O'Donoghue.

PODCAST 28 November 2025

Soft succession skills should be taught in the Green Cert

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 28 November 2025

Fresh energy for rural youth in Wexford and Wicklow

Fresh energy for rural youth in Wexford and Wicklow

Macra is bringing new life to rural communities along Ireland’s east coast with the launch of Blackstairs Macra and the re-establishment of Ballycoog Macra.

NEWS 28 November 2025

Macra urges U-turn on cut to calf weighing payments

Macra urges U-turn on cut to calf weighing payments

A reversal of a reduction in the maximum number of calves that can receive payment for weighing has been sought by Macra.

NEWS 28 November 2025

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Irish dairy’s green advantage across the globe

Our success in export markets depends not only on finding new buyers, but on protecting the strong and hard-fought position we occupy on the global stage.

Irish dairy’s green advantage across the globe

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