When someone leaves a profession they love and are good at, with no health or financial issues, there are questions to be answered.
SUBSCRIBER ONLYOver 40,000 machinery enthusiasts and 2,500 active bidders took part in a Tipperary contractors’ online retirement dispersal auction, where 134 lots were offered with the sale grossing €1.4m.
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Caitríona Morrissey take a closer look at Teagasc's recent farm sustainability report and what it says about farmer age, isolation and
The agricultural leaders were responding to farmer concerns during the Irish Farmers Journal debate on Thursday.
The Irish Farmers Journal team debates the main issues that will sway the farming and rural vote in the upcoming general election on Friday 29 November.
Share your views with us on what you believe a new farm retirement scheme should look like.
Speaking to the Irish Farmers Journal this week, Micheál Martin said the retirement scheme could be funded from the Exchequer and from the next CAP.
Farm body also calls for €3,000 payment for Gaeltacht farmers with strong Irish.
There is a need to facilitate farm retirement to have a much smoother and incentivised progression of young people into farming, the outgoing Tánaiste has said.
The commission on generational renewal in farming is to hold public and stakeholder consultation on its work.