Last week, the Irish Farmers Journal revealed plans by Larry Goodman’s ABP to buy a 50% stake in Slaney Foods, which also includes Irish Country Meats. News editor Patrick Donohoe asked markets specialist Phelim O’Neill what the proposed deal means for the industry – and for beef farmers.
Odile Evans has a detailed report in this week’s Irish Farmers Journal about those young farmers who did the right thing and formed a partnership with their parents to organise the transfer of the family farm, but now find themselves excluded from the Young Farmer Scheme. She discusses the situation with Derrie Dillon, who is in charge of agri affairs at Macra na Feirme.
Meanwhile, negotiations are continuing in Paris to reach a global agreement on climate change by Friday. Digital editor Thomas Hubert met IFA environment chairman Harold Kingstong and Evelyn Nguleka, the president of the World Farmers Organisation.
Farmer Writes contributor Brian Nicholson is a sheep farmer in Co Kilkenny and he’s experimenting with a number of new things at the moment, from AI to resuming tillage after many years without growing crops.
And Irish Country Leaving’s features editor Maria Moynihan talks to the turkey farmer featured in this week’s magazine and asks him about his farm – and his secret roasting tips.