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Wednesday, 19 March 2025 15:10

Crewit is based in Laois and its CEO Gary O'Keefe plans to take a different approach to sector recruitment.

'There's a skills shortage in the dairy farming sector in Ireland.'

Gary O'Keeffe, CEO of Crewit in Laois believes international agri-recruitment can play a vital role in its future.

He plans to take a different and healthy approach to solving the issue that's effecting rural communities.

The 2024 Irish Farm Report shows 94% of all farmers in Ireland have real concerns about the challenges they are facing with Succession Planning.

Mr O'Keeffe says, recruiting short-term labour to dairy farms is not viable:

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