Land prices

A pair of residential farms in Delvin, Co Westmeath, exceeded expectations when they sold at auction recently.

Aidan Brennan takes a look at some of the topics that are coming up at the Positive Farmers Conference in Cork in January.

Measures have been suggested to the UK government to minimise the impact that inheritance tax changes will have on family farms.

Ending of the nitrates derogation could result in some dairy farmers selling up their farms says estate agent group.

Arable land sold at a much higher price than grassland last year, the CSO found.

The tax system is the one lever available to Government which could potentially stymie the growth in farmland purchases by investors and the super wealthy, writes Declan McEvoy.

Susan Maher, agricultural development manager (southeast and midlands) at Bank of Ireland and recently appointed president of the ASA, discusses the key trends the bank is seeing in the agri sector.

Caitríona Morrissey and Declan O'Brien examine the control of land sales in Europe, including some states that dictate minimum and maximum prices, and who can buy.