Rural Life
All set for Macra's 'Royal Rally': Here's what members will be getting up to in Meath
The countdown is on for the largest event on the Macra na Feirme calendar, with just over a week to...
Rural Life
The countdown is on for the largest event on the Macra na Feirme calendar, with just over a week to...
Rural Life
Competition is getting young farmers back into the field and learning practical farm-based skills, YFCU members at this year’s Northern...
CAP / Schemes
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has clarified the eligibility of young farmers who are not yet fully...
N.Ireland
Around a dozen Co. Down Young Farmers’ girls have pledged to chop their hair for good causes. Inspired by the...
Agri-Business
Specific details around the supports offered to young farmers need to change and an increased focus needs to be put...
Rural Life
The first meeting of the Next Generation Development Forum was held by Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU), supported by the Young...
Agri Politics
The Irish Government, acting unilaterally, is preventing young farmers from accessing vital funding, according to Sinn Fein MEP for the...
Rural Life
Young farmers from Ireland will soon have the chance to visit China on study-trips as part of a project jointly-funded...
Rural Life
The tide is beginning to turn with regards to the age profile of Irish farmers, according to the Minister for...
Agri-Business
The majority of Macra na Feirme’s members believe direct payments post-2020 should be production-based rather than area-based. A survey of...
Rural Life
Macra na Feirme, the organisation representing young farmers, is gearing up for a two-runner presidential race. This comes as candidates,...
CAP / Schemes
The Minister for Agriculture, Michael Creed, has today announced further details of how the 2017 National Reserve will be funded....
Forestry
Afforestation is in direct competition with the interests of young farmers in certain parts of the country, Macra na Feirme Agri-Affairs Vice...
CAP / Schemes
Young farmers will be catered for with the injection of €5m in funding in 2017 for the National Reserve, Macra...
CAP / Schemes
There will be funding of just over €5m for the 2017 National Reserve, the Minister for Agriculture, Michael Creed, has...
Agri Politics
Europe is faced with an aging farming population as more than half of farmers are aged 55 years or older,...
Agri-Business
There is no shortage of young people who want to get into farming, but many of them face imposing obstacles,...
CAP / Schemes
Consultation between Department officials and members of the main farming organisations on a National Reserve for 2017 is due to...