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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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Colm McCarthy: predictions for future population growth

Colm McCarthy: predictions for future population growth

VIEWPOINTS 3 December 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

New pension scheme will place a 'significant add-on' cost on farmers with staff

New pension scheme will place a 'significant add-on' cost on farmers with staff

New pension scheme will place a 'significant add-on' cost on farmers with staff

NEWS 30 October 2025

Commission wants to double young farmer numbers

Commission wants to double young farmer numbers

Commission wants to double young farmer numbers

NEWS 22 October 2025

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Brussels to call for action against land grabbers and speculators

Brussels to call for action against land grabbers and speculators

The European Commission looks set to push EU member states to clamp down on land speculation, a leaked draft of an EU strategy for generational renewal suggests.

NEWS 16 September 2025

Booming cattle trade creating taxing times on suckler farms

Booming cattle trade creating taxing times on suckler farms

Adam Woods and Trevor Boland, ifac talk about 2025 accounts and why now is the time to plan for the 2025 tax bill.

MANAGEMENT 16 September 2025

Is it time for a land commission?

Is it time for a land commission?

Thirty-one recommendations are contained in the Government's succession plan report, but when will we see implementation of any of the new initiatives?

DEALER 16 September 2025

Frank Tobin to retire from Tirlán

Frank Tobin to retire from Tirlán

Tobin joined Glanbia in 1980 and held senior finance roles across ingredients, agribusiness, meats (UK and Ireland), and consumer foods.

NEWS 16 September 2025

€25,000 exit payment for older farmers proposed

€25,000 exit payment for older farmers proposed

Amy Forde and Noel Bardon report on the financial proposals contained in the long-awaited Commission on Generational Renewal in Farming report.

NEWS 16 September 2025

'I was always clear there would be no succession scheme before 2028' - Minister

'I was always clear there would be no succession scheme before 2028' - Minister

Minister Heydon insists that the post-election talk of a farm succession scheme was never intended to produce a scheme before 2028 at the earliest.

NEWS 16 September 2025

Lump sum payments for both young and old farmers recommended

Lump sum payments for both young and old farmers recommended

A total of 31 recommendations are contained in the Commission on Generational Renewal in Farming report.

NEWS 16 September 2025

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Udder Vital Bolus can be used for animals with somatic cell count problems and during the transition period.

Udder Vital Bolus to support vitality and resilience

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