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Young Stock Podcast: the future of farm succession
Amy Forde
Macra president Elaine Houlihan joins us on this week’s Young Stock Podcast to talk farm succession and the potential for a farm retirement scheme.
15 January 2025 News
Transition period key for any farm succession scheme – Macra
Macra is to push the Commission on generational Renewal to recommend a farm succession scheme that would not require a hard stop for the retiring farmer.
10 January 2025 News
Macra to host three meetings on generational renewal
Macra's meetings will be held in three counties over the coming week ahead of its submission to the Commission on Generational Renewal.
Editorial: Stop the clock and reflect
How quickly we forget some of the detail and indeed some of the outcomes from these so-called scandals.
8 January 2025 Viewpoints
20 tax tips for farmers
Maximise your savings with our 20 top tips on managing income tax,
8 January 2025 Agri finance
Footprints from Irish Farmers' Journeys
Brendan Dunford reflects on the great privilege of interviewing two dozen farmers across 20 counties, north and south, as part of this series of Irish Farmers Journeys.
23 December 2024 Feature
Life Focus: the 'farmers helping farmers' by listening
Farmers are on hand to provide a listening ear to other farmers experiencing issues with topics ranging from marriage breakup to succession through Life Focus.
21 December 2024 News
Number of farms in Ireland dropped 5% in last decade - CSO
The CSO survey also found that the average age of an Irish farmer in 2023 was just under 60.
17 December 2024 News
Experts warn about gifting to avoid IHT
Gifting assets is relatively straightforward, but there are strings attached, tax experts have said
11 December 2024 Northern Ireland
Kerry Co-op’s €628m gamble
Brian Leslie on why shareholders should vote no against the buy-out of Kerry Dairy Ireland on 16 December.
4 December 2024 News
Young Stock podcast: the Dolphin rearing heifers in east Galway
This week, Noel Bardon is joined by Shane Dolphin, who discusses the red tape facing young farmers and the key areas he is investing in to get a leased farm up and going.
2 December 2024 Podcast
Delegation of AGRI MEPs to travel to Ireland in 2025
The mission, proposed by MEPs Barry Cowen and Ciaran Mullooly, follows a similar proposal made by MEP Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan and was adopted by AGRI political co-ordinators at its last meeting.
2 December 2024 News