Farm Business
Exploring Farm Diversification: Rural Skills
0 Exploring Farm Diversification: Rural Skills Why not consider running courses on your farm? Barry Caslin, Energy & Rural Development Specialist, explores how running rural skills training courses can be a viable and rewarding diversification option for farmers. As a farmer, many of the niche skills you use on a daily basis are […]
7 June 2025
Working together: Collaborative farming models for a sustainable future
0 Working together: Collaborative farming models for a sustainable future Where potential successors are not in a position to take over, but the current generation want to step back from farming, what are the options? Collaborative Farming Specialist, Ruth Fennell took a closer look at collaborative farming models at the recent Entry, Progression […]
1 June 2025
Exploring Farm Diversification: Foraging
Exploring Farm Diversification: Foraging Barry Caslin, Energy & Rural Development Specialist, discusses how farmers can diversify by providing their lands for foraging activities. Foraging involves the gathering of wild edible plants, herbs, mushrooms, or other natural resources from the land. Why foraging can be a diversification option Allowing individuals or groups to forage […]
30 May 2025
Listen: Making informed investment decisions that benefit your farming business
Listen: Making informed investment decisions that benefit your farming business Teagasc farm management specialist, Kevin Connolly, joins James Dunne on this week’s Dairy Edge to discuss and explain why farmers should make informed decisions when it comes to managing their farming business, managing cash surpluses and how to best complete an investment […]
19 May 2025
Time running out to apply for key schemes
Time running out to apply for key schemes Farmers need to be aware that a number of importance scheme application deadlines will take place this week. Basic Income Support for Sustainability (BISS) Farmers are reminded that the closing date for BISS applications is Thursday, May 15, 2025. During the application process, farmers […]
12 May 2025
BISS closing date fast approaching
0 BISS closing date fast approaching Farmers are reminded that the deadline for submitting applications to the Basic Income Support for Sustainability (BISS) Scheme is midnight on Wednesday, May 15. This is also the deadline for a range of other schemes including the Complementary Income Support for Young Farmers, ECO Scheme, Areas of […]
6 May 2025
Map: Land prices by county
0 Map: Land prices by county The Annual SCSI/Teagasc Agricultural Land Review and Outlook 2025 report, published on April 29, provides a selection of useful insights. This year’s annual survey provides a county-by-county breakdown of the prices of good and poor-quality land. The publication serves as a resource for understanding trends in the […]
5 May 2025
Cultural, taxation and succession planning issues stifling land transfers – report
0 Cultural, taxation and succession planning issues stifling land transfers – report The recently published Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland (SCSI) and Teagasc Agricultural Land Market Review and Outlook Report 2025 provided a special section on the complex area of farm succession and generational renewal. With only 4.3% of farmers under the age of […]
2 May 2025
Land rental price increases expected
Land rental price increases expected A survey of 169 auctioneers and valuers from all over the country is pointing to an increase in the average cost of rented land in 2025. Results of the survey, which took place over February and March 2025, was published as part of the Society of Chartered […]
29 April 2025
Price of agricultural land forecast to rise in 2025
Price of agricultural land forecast to rise in 2025 A major survey has forecast an increase in the price of agricultural land in 2025. Published by the Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland (SCSI) and Teagasc, today, April 29, the Agricultural Land Market Review and Outlook Report 2025, which is based on February […]
29 April 2025