Teagasc advice: Reluctance to retire revealed by researchers

Farmers resist transferring the land to the next generation, due to an anticipated loss of the recognition and social status that accompanied their position as an active and productive farmer.

And those who retire are generally perceived by interviewees to have a defeatist attitude, or to have retired due to ill health.

So say Teagasc researchers who are investigating attitudes to transfer of the family farm business.