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Land-leasing taxes on tillage group agenda
Declan O’Brien
Land availability for tillage and tighter regulations around pesticide usage will also be up for discussion at next week's Food Vision 2030 tillage group meeting.
14 May 2023 News
ICMSA warn against changing land-leasing tax breaks
Targeting land-leasing tax breaks towards tillage farmers will have serious negative consequences for smaller dairy farmers, ICMSA claimed.
13 May 2023 Opinion
Opinion: we need to see what rewetting looks like
If farmer buy-in for rewetting is to be gained, the Government need to stop telling us about it and start showing what it looks like. And how it will be paid for.
Leasing tax boost for tillage farming
In a blow to dairy farmers as milk price drops below 40c/l, land lease incentives are set to be geared towards tillage farmers.
10 May 2023 News
Tillage decline for Irish farmers
Pressures from outside of tillage on livestock farmers is making land leasing more competitive and driving up the cost.
10 May 2023 Viewpoints
O'Leary spending big over the next decade
The €36bn investment is not to make Gigginstown a dairy operation, it's to buy 300 passenger jets.
10 May 2023 Dealer
Landowners cautioned on doubling leasing reliefs
Tax consultant Declan McEvoy warned that landowners who look to maximise leasing reliefs could be storing up serious capital gains taxes.
3 May 2023 News
Land rental prices expected to jump 14%
The average cost for farmers renting silage ground could exceed €300/ac in Leinster and Munster, SCSI and Teagasc have reported.
26 April 2023 News
Solutions to the housing crisis
The old comparison of a reasonable house being buyable for around 100 store cattle no longer remotely applies.
26 April 2023 Viewpoints
Laois land orbits at auction
An online auction saw high prices for leased land in Co Laois on Tuesday, with up to €683 an acre being paid.
12 April 2023 News
Warning over ‘reactionary short-term decisions’ on nitrates land
The latest Land Mobility Service reveals a huge demand for land deals, but warns about 'herd thinking' on nitrates.
29 March 2023 News
Making jet fuel from slurry
The challenge to decarbonise the aviation sector is great but agriculture could be about to play a pivotal role in the production of sustainable aviation fuel.
29 March 2023 Climate and environment