Agri-Business
A new European Innovation Partnership (EIP) project focused on share farming is set to launch in the coming months.
Share farming and other options for succession were the focus of an event held on a dairy farm in Co. Cork this week.
Teagasc has announced details of an upcoming share farming and sucession pathways open day to be held on Thursday, May 22.
Dairy
AgriLand recently caught up with John Sexton (26), a young, trained farmer, to find out more about share farming
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...
There is no doubt that collaborative farming models, including share farming, have a huge role to play in the future of Irish dairy farming.
The first cows were milked on Gurteen Farm - a 34ha greenfield dairy operation - in Bandon, Co. Cork in the spring of 2016.
Back in 2015, Teagasc in conjunction with the owners of Shinagh Estates converted the 34ha Gurteen Farm from a greenfield farm.
Farming arrangements involving conacre leasing of land are in demise, according to the Land Mobility Service's Austin Finn.
Share farming and farm partnerships must benefit all parties involved, according to Pat Ryan of Capital Farms.
Farmers must have five years’ experience before even considering a share farming agreement
Farm partnerships and share farming were highlighted at a recent Teagasc open day at Clonakility Agricultural College in Co. Cork. Students in the college hosted the event.
Teagasc has finalised its Share Farming agreement for the dairy sector, which is designed to allow two parties set up a dairy farm agreement without forming a farm partnership or company.
The Share Farming Agreement is a way of bringing young people into agriculture and dairy farming, according to Tom Hayes, Minister of State at the Department
Macra launched its Land Mobility service in 2013 to help improve land mobility in farming in Ireland.
