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Editorial: CAP supports critical to future of farming

The top 20% of claimants under BISS received 53% of the payments in 2025.

VIEWPOINTS 3 June 2026

Editorial: CAP supports critical to future of farming

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Dempsey at Large: the sewage options

Dempsey at Large: the sewage options

VIEWPOINTS 3 June 2026

Colm McCarthy: Ireland’s aviation success story

Colm McCarthy: Ireland’s aviation success story

VIEWPOINTS 3 June 2026

Editorial: beef trade blues

Editorial: beef trade blues

Editorial: beef trade blues

VIEWPOINTS 3 June 2026

Editorial: tractor safety week didn’t end last week

Editorial: tractor safety week didn’t end last week

Editorial: tractor safety week didn’t end last week

VIEWPOINTS 3 June 2026

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Home Farm: meat factory responses

Home Farm: meat factory responses

I had a clear idea of where the problems were and why, but no idea whether meat factory profitability was being maintained.

VIEWPOINTS 27 May 2026

Editorial: realities of beef farming laid bare at national beef farm walk

Editorial: realities of beef farming laid bare at national beef farm walk

The processing sector has a responsibility to return a viable margin for farmers.

VIEWPOINTS 27 May 2026

Editorial: should food be the first line of defence?

Editorial: should food be the first line of defence?

History is written in the struggle for food security, and there have been numerous occasions in the past where the very essence of food availability has sparked war.

VIEWPOINTS 27 May 2026

Dempsey at Large: challenges ahead for European agriculture

Dempsey at Large: challenges ahead for European agriculture

While membership of the EU offers huge protection for Ireland, Simon Coveney was clear that those who are calling for Irish farm output to be reduced are guilty of flawed thinking.

VIEWPOINTS 27 May 2026

Home Farm: missing silage weather and Bord Bia levies in focus

Home Farm: missing silage weather and Bord Bia levies in focus

As the wet spring dragged on, we grazed pretty well all the ground intended for silage with the result that we closed everything up later than the ideal.

VIEWPOINTS 27 May 2026

China’s ‘beef or bust’ diplomacy squeezes Brazilian beef exporters

China’s ‘beef or bust’ diplomacy squeezes Brazilian beef exporters

China absorbs roughly 60% of Brazil’s beef export revenues, making even localised friction a focal point for global commodities traders.

VIEWPOINTS 27 May 2026

Colm McCarthy: inflation myths?

Colm McCarthy: inflation myths?

Constant complaints in Dáil debates about the crushing increase in food prices also miss the point.

VIEWPOINTS 27 May 2026

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'For many of the children, it was their first time on a farm'

Wicklow dairy farmer welcomed students as part of a National Dairy Council initiative, which saw 1,500 pupils across Ireland visit working dairy farms during May.

'For many of the children, it was their first time on a farm'

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