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Editorial: how long will the improved beef price last?
Jack Kennedy
Farmers are killing earlier to try and take advantage of the higher price, and in reality it looks like it will lead to much tighter numbers in the second half of 2025.
Editorial: how long will the improved beef price last?
Editorial: positive tillage vibes welcome
7 May 2025 Viewpoints
Editorial: positive tillage vibes welcome
At the mercy of global markets, weather and disease the farmer continues.
TB - a summit or sham?
7 May 2025 Viewpoints
TB - a summit or sham?
TB summit - The mood music is low with farmers to the point of indifference.
Editorial: co-op success measurement still not optimised
We badly need a more holistic barometer of dairy industry success in Ireland.
30 April 2025 Viewpoints
Editorial: many rewetting unknowns still to be addressed
There is no answer to how this national policy should be rolled out or the net benefits of rewetting, yet farmers and farmland is being targeted for these initiatives.
30 April 2025 Viewpoints
Editorial: forestry - Lessons from overseas important
Ireland has no storm co-ordinator and is still to put a strategic plan in place three months after storm Éowyn.
30 April 2025 Viewpoints
Editorial: stock number decline should reignite policy rethink
Farmers need to know what stocking rate they can hold. Without it, on farm investment will stagnate.
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.
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.
23 April 2025 Viewpoints
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