Irish Examiner view: Green shoots of change are needed 

Across the EU, young women represent only 3% of farm managers. File picture

Only one in three farms across the EU is run by a woman and only one in 50 is managed by a young woman.

In the 2023 Census, it emerged that just 13% of farm holders in Ireland are women and it would appear the long-standing disparity between the numbers of men and women in farming is not decreasing at any sort of an acceptable rate.