Dairy
Progressive farmer focus: Share farming the order of the day in Bandon
‘Progressive farmer focus’ is a series of articles, in partnership with AIB, profiling progressive farmers around Ireland and how they...
Share Farming
N.Ireland
Ambitious two-year target set for Northern land mobility scheme
As many as 100 land mobility agreements could be made between farmers in Northern Ireland by 2019, those behind the...
N.Ireland
How land mobility could push farm productivity
Better land mobility could push productivity rates and allow the North’s agricultural sector to grow, it has been claimed. The...
N.Ireland
Land mobility: How does it work, how are profits split and what about subsidies?
A ‘land mobility’ programme aiming to pair up farmers into working partnerships and solve the problem of access to land...
Dairy
Have you considered share farming?
The Irish dairy industry is going through an exciting evolution. The abolition of milk quotas in April 2015 has paved...
Dairy
Video: Share farming a 'win-win' on 34ha greenfield farm
The first cows were milked on Gurteen Farm – a 34ha greenfield dairy operation – in Bandon, Co. Cork in...
Dairy
What does a €2,600/cow investment get you on a greenfield site?
Back in 2015, Teagasc in conjunction with the owners of Shinagh Estates – Drinagh, Bandon, Barryroe and Lisavaird co-ops –...
Agri-Business
'Conacre land renting is very much in demise'
Farming arrangements involving conacre leasing of land are in demise, according to the Land Mobility Service’s Austin Finn. Speaking at...
Dairy
'Dairy farm partnerships must benefit all parties involved'
Share farming and partnerships must benefit all parties involved, according to Pat Ryan of Capital Farms. Speaking at a recent...
Dairy
‘Five years’ experience essential before going into a share farming agreement’
Farmers must have five years’ experience before even considering a share farming agreement, according to Laurance Shalloo of Teagasc. Speaking...
Dairy
Farm partnerships and share farming the highlight of Teagasc open day
Farm partnerships and share farming were highlighted at a recent Teagasc open day at Clonakility Agricultural College in Co. Cork....
Dairy
Teagasc finalises dairy share farming agreement
Teagasc has finalised its specimen Share Farming Agreement for the dairy sector, which is designed to allow two parties set...
Dairy
'Share Farming Agreement gives opportunities to allow young people into farming'
The Share Farming Agreement is a way of bringing young people into agriculture and dairy farming and it also brings...
Agri-Business
Share farming options - from long leases to partnerships
Macra launched its Land Mobility service in 2013 to help improve land mobility in farming in Ireland. It outlines a...