Agri Politics
The Irish Farmers' Association (IFA) has stressed that any farmer retirement scheme must allow young people to enter the sector.
Dairy
ICMSA president Pat McCormack believes that the uptake for the proposed Food Dairy Vision Group retirement scheme will be quite low.
Agri-Business
Two-hundred-and-fifty farmers are set to retire from milking as part of a five-year retirement scheme introduced by Glanbia
The Minister for Agriculture has said that his key focus is ensuring farming remains strong and sustainable into the future.
Rural Life
There is a need for agricultural policy makers to place greater emphasis on the quality of life of older farmers, an academic has said.
Dairy News
Young farmer organisation, Macra na Feirme, has said that a potential retirement scheme for the...