Matt Dempsey

mdempsey@farmersjournal.ie

Home Farm: another week of enforced idleness

At least the continuous rain has let us catch up on the endless paperwork that is part and parcel of modern farming.

VIEWPOINTS 18 February 2026

Home Farm: another week of enforced idleness

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Will there be money for doing the right thing?

Will there be money for doing the right thing?

VIEWPOINTS 18 February 2026

Home Farm: slurry pressures

Home Farm: slurry pressures

VIEWPOINTS 11 February 2026

Dempsey at Large: land prices soaring in places as western Europe stagnates

Dempsey at Large: land prices soaring in places as western Europe stagnates

Dempsey at Large: land prices soaring in places as western Europe stagnates

VIEWPOINTS 11 February 2026

Dempsey at Large: New era of ample world grain supplies

Dempsey at Large: New era of ample world grain supplies

Dempsey at Large: New era of ample world grain supplies

VIEWPOINTS 4 February 2026

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Home Farm: do you use farm-saved seed?

Home Farm: do you use farm-saved seed?

Our mole drains that we put in last year have proven to be a real success with previously wet, impassible spots dry and water running through the gravel-filled moles to an outlet.

VIEWPOINTS 14 January 2026

Home Farm: Another load, another drop in price

Home Farm: Another load, another drop in price

Our load of cattle this week made slightly less per kg than the load we sold just before Christmas.

VIEWPOINTS 14 January 2026

Dempsey at Large: Mercosur protests – more than just 1%

Dempsey at Large: Mercosur protests – more than just 1%

Nobody pretends that traceability, environmental and animal health regulations in the Brazilian beef industry are or will be remotely comparable with those operating in the EU.

VIEWPOINTS 14 January 2026

Home Farm: watching input prices

Home Farm: watching input prices

For cereals I have always preferred CAN over the cheaper per unit priced urea.

VIEWPOINTS 14 January 2026

Dempsey at Large: what trends in birth figures tell us

Dempsey at Large: what trends in birth figures tell us

We will continue to see evolving patterns in the consumption of food and where it is produced.

VIEWPOINTS 14 January 2026

Home Farm: slurry season opens

Home Farm: slurry season opens

The amount of money involved to stock up with cattle for beef is so large and the risk of loss so real that it seems a no-brainer that there should be some form of forward price guarantee on offer.

VIEWPOINTS 14 January 2026

Dempsey at Large: Oxford Farming Conference report

Dempsey at Large: Oxford Farming Conference report

Over the last 25 years, one of the clearest trends has been the increase in agricultural land prices in parts of the world with access to increasingly open food markets.

VIEWPOINTS 14 January 2026

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Bord Bia: Clarity and context for Irish farmers

In recent weeks, some questions have been raised about Bord Bia and we believe it is important that farmers have access to clear and accurate information.

Bord Bia: Clarity and context for Irish farmers

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