What the UK wants to learn from Irish farming institutions
Former National Farmers Union president Minette Batters' review says the government-farmers partnerships in New Zealand and Ireland are not just important, they are essential.
Often taken for granted in Ireland, Teagasc and Bord Bia are respected overseas, and have been held up as examples for the UK to follow, in the country's new Farming Profitability Review by Baroness Minette Batters.
The 154-page review with 57 recommendations for a "New Deal for Profitable Farming" is peppered with references to how a meaningful national plan and partnership with government works for farmers in New Zealand, Australia, the USA and Ireland.
