Agri Politics
Macra has called on the government to introduce a succession scheme to support generational renewal in Ireland.
Rural Life
Fianna Fáil MEP Cynthia Ní Mhurchú has welcomed the inclusion of an Irish representative on the new EU Expert Group on Farmland (EGoF).
Young Farmers
An Irish MEP has warned that young farmers will be lost to the sector unless the EU makes farming more financially viable.
Agri-Business
Lakeland Dairies announced a renewed partnership with Land Mobility, Teagasc, Succession Ireland and Macra as part of the Share Farming EIP.
The average Irish farmer is 58 years old. The land will outlast them but without a plan, so will the silence around who gets the farm.
The European Parliament's lead negotiator on the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) Norbert Lins will visit Ireland this week.
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Ryanair CEO and beef farmer Michael O'Leary has said that inheritance tax relief and bigger farms...
Ryanair CEO and beef farmer Michael O'Leary has said that inheritance tax relief and bigger farms are needed to get young people into farming.
The European Commission is to set up a new expert group to provide policy advice on how to address issues in access to farmland.
Beef
Over €190 million was paid out to pension-age Irish farmers in 2025 through the EU CAP's sustainability support schemes.
Midlands-North-West MEP Maria Walsh has been appointed lead negotiator for the European Parliament...
MEP Maria Walsh has been appointed lead negotiator for the EU Parliament on generational renewal in the next CAP.
The European Commissioner for Agriculture has said that he wants to see money under CAP going towards "those who are actively producing".
N.Ireland
The Ulster Farmers' Union has criticised the Northern Irish government over the lack of support available to young farmers in 2026.
More than 75 farmers and members of farm families attended the first of Ballyhoura Development's informative talks for 2026.
Farmers have been advised to be wary of assuming they have a successor in place without having that conversation with family.
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has issued an update on key information and dates for farm partnerships in 2026.
Waiting until the next Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) in 2028 for new supports for generational renewal in farming "risks leaving young farmers behind".
The EU Commission has outlined access to finance options for young farmers under its Strategy for Generational Renewal in Agriculture.
Young farmers from across Europe are joining the farm protest organised in Brussels today...
Dairy
Dairygold has launched a farm succession programme for new, expanding and retiring milk suppliers.
Teagasc has outlined its priorities in the agriculture sector for the coming years in its statement of strategy for 2025 to 2028.
Schemes
Concerns have been raised this week around the lack of certainty for the future of funding for the...
