Agri-Business
Watch: Macra meeting hears generational renewal concerns
Around 50 people attended a Macra meeting in Co. Limerick last night (Wednesday, January 15) to share their concerns around...
Elaine Houlihan
Agri Politics
Programme for government must deliver for young people - Macra
The new programme for government needs to deliver for young people and make “substantive investments in rural youth”, according to...
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Transition period & early lactation: A springboard to a successful lactation
A focus on management and nutrition during the transition period makes all the difference to performance in the next lactation. ...
Agri-Business
Macra to host public meetings on generational renewal
Macra has announced that it will host a series of public meetings next week focused on the issue of generational...
Agri Politics
Kerry man bidding to become next Macra president
The race to become the next president of Macra has kicked off with John Martin Carroll from Causeway in Co....
Rural Life
Macra mental health service 'inundated with calls'
A mental health initiative run by Macra has been “inundated” with calls from young farmers who are seeking support. That...
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Macra: Changing the goalpost on SIM a 'complete no-no'
Macra has called on the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue to reinstate the Straw Incorporation Measure...
Rural Life
Houlihan: Over eight in farm communities died by suicide in last 10 days
Over eight people in the farming community have died by suicide in the last 10 days, according to Macra president,...
Agri Politics
Macra: Focus must shift from dairy exit scheme to succession
Macra has welcomed a decision by Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue not to pursue a dairy...
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Events to showcase options for life beyond the farm
Two events are set to take place in the north-west to showcase the positives of the Irish dairy sector and...
Agri-Business
Macra: Minister must honour promise to forgotten farmers
Macra is calling on Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue to clarify when the issue of the...
Agri-Business
Macra: Revenue needs to provide clarity on farmer VAT refunds
Macra has called on Revenue to provide “clarity and certainty” on Value Added Tax (VAT) refunds on prescribed capital investments...
Agri-Business
All nitrates decisions must be science led - Macra
The president of Macra, Elaine Houlihan has said that all future decisions on Ireland’s nitrates derogation must be led by...
Agri-Business
Wait continues for 'forgotten farmers' scheme
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has said that work is still ongoing on the details of...
Agri-Business
Budget 2024: Macra hits out at omission of succession scheme
The lack of a farm succession scheme in Budget 2024 will lead to the “mass emigration” of young people from...
Agri-Business
Macra president and co-op board member join Teagasc Authority
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue has appointed Macra president, Elaine Houlihan and Vanessa Kiely O’Connor to...
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Transform your calf rearing with a JFC automatic feeder
We recently caught up with Richard Lowe who is a dairy farmer from Adare, Co. Limerick, who shares how the...
Rural Life
Ploughing 2023: Macra aiming for world record at welly throwing
Macra has set its sights on the “lofty goal” of breaking the Guinness World Record for the most people simultaneously...
Agri Politics
Macra wants 'commitments' from meeting with Taoiseach today
Macra representatives are meeting with Taoiseach Leo Varadkar today (Monday, July 10) to directly discuss a number of issues of...
Rural Life
Projected loss of over 10,000 farm workers by 2035 - report
There is a projected loss of 10,600 farm and related workers between 2022 and 2035, according to a recent report...
Agri-Business
Macra officially launches five-year strategy at AGM
Macra officially launched its new five-year strategy at its annual general meeting (AGM) in Co. Cork on Saturday (May 13)....