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Is Mercosur the final blow for suckler farmers?
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The optics of the EU doing a deal that brings South American beef into Europe may be the straw that breaks the camel's back.
Is Mercosur the final blow for suckler farmers?
Divine intervention sought at Kerry meeting
11 December 2024 Dealer
Divine intervention sought at Kerry meeting
There were interesting comments from the floor at a farmer meeting in Limerick on Monday night.
Four into three won't go
11 December 2024 Dealer
Four into three won't go
Things are hotting up down south as three seats on the Dairygold board are up for grabs and there's four candidates in the mix.
Look out, he's behind you
News from panto season has The Dealer thinking of the characters he meets every week.
11 December 2024 Dealer
New Kerry Co-op board member misses deadline for position
The process for selecting Kerry Dairy Ireland board members closed on Monday.
11 December 2024 Dealer
Daly puts data centre policy in the dock
While food producers are being hammered on emissions, the data centres' power usage has increased by 23% per year since 2015.
11 December 2024 Dealer
Human traceability not a patch on AIMS cattle traceability
Send in the AIMS experts to fix the electoral register in days, The Dealer says.
4 December 2024 Dealer
Freda steps up again
The Dealer saw another big election took place in Fermanagh last week, with the Irish Shows Association electing a new president for the next two years.
4 December 2024 Dealer
Consternation in Cork
Cork South West were inconvenienced last weekend as the count centre for the General Election was moved out of the constituency.
4 December 2024 Dealer
New chair for Dairygold
The Dealer was surprised to hear that Dairygold's chair will be stepping down in the coming weeks. As per the co-ops rules he has served the maximum term.
4 December 2024 Dealer
Who is next for Agriculture House?
It's extremely likely that Charlie McConalogue's successor will be from either Fianna Fáil or Fine Gael. Or could he become a two-term agriculture minister?
4 December 2024 Dealer
SCEP ‘ineligible’ bull
There were plenty of people talking at the Charolais Christmas Cracker at the weekend...about the number of stars the top animal had.
4 December 2024 Dealer