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Editorial: stock number decline should reignite policy rethink
Jack Kennedy
Farmers need to know what stocking rate they can hold. Without it, on farm investment will stagnate.
Editorial: stock number decline should reignite policy rethink
Editorial: slurry management critical to protect future farmers
23 April 2025 Viewpoints
Editorial: slurry management critical to protect future farmers
Trying to identify where to make a complaint in person or anonymously is an issue that should be streamlined.
Editorial: Plan building investment carefully
23 April 2025 Viewpoints
Editorial: Plan building investment carefully
The cost of actually building a shed and what the Department suggests are the costs have been out of kilter.
Editorial: TB overhaul essential
There are hundreds of people working day and night on TB to the best of their ability.
23 April 2025 Viewpoints
Editorial: dairy markets - Ornua boringly good or lacking a spark?
For years we have been talking about sweating the Kerrygold brand more – extending it, scaling it, and reinventing it.
16 April 2025 Viewpoints
Editorial: climate change - new climate technologies essential for farming
Ireland could face up to €26bn in fines unless more investment is carried out now to help reduce emissions.
16 April 2025 Viewpoints
GAEC 2 and BISS causing angst and confusion
Many farmers and planners seem totally unaware of what peatland plots are included or not.
16 April 2025 Viewpoints
Editorial: is milk price of €1/l possible?
We need to work better and smarter together in Ireland. It’s obviously not just in milk processing.
9 April 2025 Viewpoints
Editorial: the art of negotiation
It’s a funny world we are living in amid the global trade spat and the impact rests on individuals the world over.
9 April 2025 Viewpoints
Editorial: calf prices go up
Every farm business selling stock over the coming months will need to reassess taxable revenues.
9 April 2025 Viewpoints
Editorial: crop development progress
It seems crops are in good shape across the country and have good potential.
9 April 2025 Viewpoints
Editorial: easy answer to Trump tariffs - make farming great again
Let’s take the initiative and keep control of what is good for rural Ireland.
2 April 2025 Viewpoints