Future bright for farmers with management skills

Farm managers will play a big role in the Food Harvest 2020 plan to boost Irish agri-food exports by 42%.

Farm management training for the era following 2015, when the ending of EU milk quotas will transform Irish farming, will be the theme of the Irish Farm Managers Association (IFMA) conference in April.

Graduates of the Farm Apprenticeship Scheme set up the association in 1979, and its members include some of the country’s most successful farmers.