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Proposals from Beef and Sheep Food-vision group must provide opportunities for young people to enter the sectors Commenting following today’s meeting of The Food Vision Beef and Sheep forum the Macra na Feirme president said “in the context of sustainability which is front and foremost in all discussion in relation to agriculture, it is important to remember that in order for agriculture to sustain we need new people entering the sector to carry it forward.” The Macra president John Keane emphasised how “young people want to go farming but policies here to fore have not been assessed in relation to...

Increase to Young Farmer threshold under the Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme required The cost of inputs across the entire economy is affecting farm development projects negatively and particularly on farms run by young farmers.  The young farmer president John Keane said “with the costs of many inputs such as steel and concrete along with technology more than doubling in price, young farmers are finding it difficult to develop infrastructure on their farms. It is also the case that many farms are postponing developments because of rising costs which may have more severe management implications next winter.” The solution Keane said “is a...

The retirement scheme advanced recently by the Department of Agriculture has failed to support and facilitate generational renewal.   For many years now Macra na Feirme has been calling for a substantial farmer retirement scheme that has two main deliverables, firstly to financially support the retiring farmer while allowing that same farmer a genuine connection to the farm if they so wish, and secondly that the land that becomes available, be that through sale or lease, enters into the hands of young farmers regardless of enterprise.   Limiting the land use to certain enterprises will only further drive the costs of land...

This month’s topic is powerful and complex, there are a lot of different angles to view it from, so allow yourself the time to see all sides.  Through this article turn2me is going to try to shed some light on some of these angles, different aspects will resonate with different people.  Remember no two of us are the same, we are all different, we come in different shapes, sizes, and sexual preferences.  We are all human and deserve to live our true and authentic lives.  Aspects of humanity have been divided into Physical, Emotional, Social, Spiritual, and Intellectual.  ‘Sexual’ could...