Dairy
Dairy farmer Sean Tracey, based in Paradise, Tomhaggard, Co. Wexford is milking 66 cows with great help from his 12 year old daughter Amelia..
Agri-Business
As an agricultural solicitor, Aisling Meehan has said that there are 'issues of land ownership rights' for women seen across the country
Agriland will launch a new podcast series on 'Farm Finance‘ this week which will focus on the financial issues that farmers currently face.
Agri Politics
Senator Victor Boyhan has called upon the DAFM to examine the low rate of registered farm partnerships in joint male and female ownership.
Forestry
A TD has asked the Minister for Agriculture if he will appoint "independent investigators" to examine complaints made against Coillte.
Rural Life
The number of established Registered Farm Partnerships (RFPs) has reached 3,000, according to Minister Michael Creed.
Payment issues around Coillte farm partnerships are set to go under the microscope at a meeting of the Joint Committee on Agriculture.
The chairman of IFA's forestry committee, Pat Collins, has called on Coillte to hold a public meeting on farm forestry partnerships.
N.Ireland
As many as 100 land mobility agreements could be made between farmers in Northern Ireland by 2019, those behind the newly-launched scheme say
Better land mobility could push productivity rates and allow the region's agricultural sector to grow, it has been claimed.
A ‘land mobility’ programme aiming to pair up farmers into working partnerships and solve the...
Farm succession is a topic that is often neglected to some extent and put on the back finger. Tom Power took over the family farm at 26.
'Revenue has published a revised income tax guideline booklet which is of major benefit to farmers in the formation and operation of Registered Farm Partnerships'
Other
Since 2002, farm partnerships have been used as a structure to amalgamate two or more farming businesses into one structure.
Macra na Feirme has received assurance from the Department of Agriculture that there will be no delays in the processing BPS payments.
The Department of Agriculture has this week clarified the qualification of farmers in partnerships for Areas of Natural Constraints payment.
There has been a significant increase in the number of farm partnerships this year, according to latest figures released by the Minister for Agriculture, Simon Coveney.
Share farming and farm partnerships must benefit all parties involved, according to Pat Ryan of Capital Farms.
A new tax credit worth up to €5,000 is to be introduced by the Government to incentivise the establishment of family farm partnerships.
