That's the advice from IFAC.
Farms need to become more future-minded if the industry is to thrive in the future according to IFAC.
The farmer's representative group want to see the new Succession Planning Advice Grant being availed of.
64% of those recently surveyed didn't have a succession plan in place on their farm.
Manager of the Tullamore branch of IFAC James Farrell says nobody likes dealing with the idea of death, but it's an important obligation:
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