Macra na Feirme's Sean Finan delighted government plan is committed to future farming

I was delighted to see in the programme for government a significant support for the next generation of farmers — with commitments to maintain the young farmer schemes, to use the taxation system to encourage land mobility and succession, to ensure access to affordable credit and a review of agricultural education.

As National president of Macra na Feirme, we have been working on these issues for many years and will continue to do so with the new Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine.

The programme sets out and confirms the ambitious plans which were contained in the recently published Foodwise 2025.