Farm Viability
Enhancing farm viability and competitiveness in all agricultural sectors.
About Farm Viability
Farm Viability and Competitiveness
The National Rural Network (NRN) will highlight the challenges and present good practice models that can support farms and Irish agriculture to remain viable and competitive.
Areas of focus are driven by the NRN’s ongoing networking and priorities of the RDP including:
- Farm succession and inheritance
- Women in agriculture
- Rural business
- Organic farming.
Rural Services - Expand Your Horizons
As part of ‘Expand Your Horizons 2017 – Reaching Out to Rural Ireland’ Teagasc and the NRN brought together over 20
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An innovative series of evening seminars took place from January to March 2017 to promote the value of rural Ireland and
- Find out their options for farm diversification
- Consider a new farm business or off-farm enterprise
- Explore options for retraining for a new job
- Learn about applying for funding opportunities under the Rural Development Programme 2014-2020
- Find out about how to access LEADER funding.
Check out videos from contributors to Expand Your Horizons.
Latest News
Rural Inspiration Awards 2020 Now Open!
The 2020 Rural Inspirations Awards are now open for entries. This is its second year running on the back of its success in 2019. Every year the awards focus on a different theme and this year’s focus is on good practice projects supported by the European Agricultural...
Department Announces the Opening of Year 4 of the Sheep Welfare Scheme
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine announced today that the fourth year of the Sheep Welfare Scheme will commence on the 1 February 2020. Existing participants in the scheme will be automatically enrolled in year 4 and will not need to take any action...
Agricultural Gaseous Emissions | Technical Training Event
The National Rural Network in association with Teagasc ConnectED, Dairy Sustainability Ireland and Food and Drink Ireland Skillnet are hosting the first of a series of technical training events designed for professionals working with the agri-food sector....
Blog Posts
How do we Transition to Smart Farming in Ireland?
In this guest blog, Dr Peter Mooney and Dr Liadh Kelly, Lecturers in the Department of Computer Science at Maynooth University, provide us with a comprehensive insight into the huge potential of Smart Farming Technologies to improve the...
The Key Aspects of Collaborative Farming
In this guest blog, Paidi Kelly, Research Officer at Teagasc, Animal & Grassland Research and Innovation Centre, Moorepark, Fermoy, Co. Cork, outlines the growing interest in collaborative farming arrangements in Ireland. He also outlines the key aspects to ensure...
Key Considerations when Planning Farm Investment
In this guest blog, Eamonn O’Reilly, Agricultural Advisor with AIB Bank, outlines the grant-aid funding available to younger farmers under the Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme (TAMS II), and its role in helping to meet the considerable capital costs...
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Case Studies
National Rural Network Social Farming Case Study
Social Farming is relatively new in an Irish context and is unique in that it speaks to the growing multi-functionality of Irish farming, whilst also overlapping with current health and social care policy. It does this by providing supports and opportunities for...
National Rural Network Farm Partnership Case Study
What are farm partnerships? Farming has had many changes over the years including an increase in more collaborative ways of farming. Collaborative farming models have trickled into Irish agriculture in a variety of forms including share farming, contract rearing and...
WaterMARKE Project
Water - Mitigating Agricultural impacts through Research and Knowledge Exchange Context The WaterMARKE project was initiated in response to the need for the intensification of agriculture to be sustainable, dealing specifically with the issue of water quality. It is...
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Unit 2A Moate Business Park,
Clara Rd, Moate,
Co. Westmeath. N37 W9R0