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Farm succession happens later rather than sooner in many farm family situations and this probably accounts for the fact that the average farmer is nearly 60 years of age. In my experience, many successors are in their forties by the time the farm is handed over, and this means that they may have missed out on a lot of very valuable incentives. Probably the best known and most successful incentive towards farm succession has been the Stamp Duty exemption for those successors under age 35. Unfortunately, this is frequently left to the last minute when that 35th birthday is looming. I recently h...

It was all about boxing clever for a Mayo farm family when it came to taking part in this year's 'Ireland's Fittest Family' series.

Eamonn Ryan's family has been supplying milk to Bandon Co-op for decades. His father remembers taking churns with his father on the back of David Brown to the creamery. The Co-op was founded in 1903 and today Eamonn is keeping the family allegiance alive and well, joining the Co-op's board in recent weeks. "The Co-op had an open day to encourage younger people to get involved and I was interested in learning more, so I said I'd go for it and thankfully I got in. Eamonn is the youngest member of the Board, turning 28 this week, and says the two meetings he's been involved in todate - on Zoom -...

Galway Green Cert in Teagasc Athenry. Six members of the part-time Green Cert class in Mellow Teagasc Campus Athenry, Co Galway, are running 5k wearing wellies while dressed up as Santa, to raise money for Pieta House this Sunday, 13 December. Speaking to the Irish Farmers Journal,student Niall O'Shaughnessy said ,"the idea came about as part of a teamwork module and the group decided that Pieta House would be a great charity to raise money for as they felt it was a service which helped many people throughout the Pandemic." The 5k Santa Run will take place in Ballinasloe on Sunday 13 Decemb...