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Time for candidates to work for their farmer constituents
Jack Kennedy
At the very mention of water quality, anger levels rose in the western farmers and the very same happened in Kilkenny.
Time for candidates to work for their farmer constituents
Cheddar investment in Northern Ireland
8 May 2024 Viewpoints
Cheddar investment in Northern Ireland
Dale Farm has moved to reward the farmer to further flatten the milk curve, and I presume to increase volumes processed on an annual basis.
BISS application - the most important job of the year
8 May 2024 Viewpoints
BISS application - the most important job of the year
BISS – The advice remains to get an application in and to make amendments after if necessary.
ACRES and fertiliser warning
Key message – know what you can spread before ordering and purchasing compound fertiliser.
1 May 2024 Viewpoints
Forestry service costs surge
A very mixed reaction from farmers to the ash dieback compensation announcement.
1 May 2024 Viewpoints
Positivity mixed with unknowns needs leadership
The 2023 results do nothing to recognise what is happening at farm level as the rug is being pulled from under farmers.
24 April 2024 Viewpoints
Weather boost mentally positive
Of even more significance is the positive mental lift the dry weather is bringing to farmers all over the country.
24 April 2024 Viewpoints
Is the battle for milk about to kick off?
With milk supply crashing in Ireland and further afield, the answers to the greening questions are getting or are about to get more difficult.
17 April 2024 Editorial
Renewable revolution sweeping rural Ireland
The solution is to allow emissions reductions be discounted from total farm emissions.
10 April 2024 Viewpoints
Significant change within government
We wish Simon Harris well, as he becomes Taoiseach at a critical juncture for Irish agriculture, the wider economy, and society.
10 April 2024 Viewpoints
Tillage sector support missing in action
Tillage – to completely ignore the one sector that is dependent on ground conditions, time of year and crop choice is an utter disgrace.
10 April 2024 Viewpoints
Wet weather taking its toll
Farmers are an extremely resilient bunch, but we shouldn’t lose sight of the fact that stress and strain can get the better of the best of us. It’s important to keep talking.
3 April 2024 Viewpoints