Editorial Opinion
Phelim O'Neill on 26 February 2021
Work on agri-food strategy to continue despite NGO departure
Walk out by NGOs reflects difficulty for strategy group in meeting the conflicting expectations of all its members,
Matt Dempsey on 24 February 2021
Home Farm: heavy rain leaves land soft again
We had to postpone the slurry and the early grazing because of heavy rain that left the land soft everywhere again.
Colm McCarthy on 24 February 2021
Colm McCarthy: Ireland's data centres
Within seven years, the national grid operator, Eirgrid, estimates that 30% of all electricity produced in Ireland will be bought by data centres.
Matt Dempsey on 24 February 2021
Dempsey at Large: fresh thinking needed for beef
We should urgently look at what can be done to rescue producer livelihoods.
David Wright on 24 February 2021
Disillusioned with inaction on TB
Two expert groups have both recommended badger culling in TB hotspot areas in NI
Pat O'Toole on 24 February 2021
Dog walking ban a sign of farmers losing patience
The ban farmers have introduced on dogs and their owners entering farmland is just one example of the pressure points that exist.
Matt Dempsey on 17 February 2021
Home Farm: dry spell welcome
One thing we did get done was to tidy up a wet corner of a field intended for the beans.
David Wright on 17 February 2021
NI farms let down in climate debate
Total cattle numbers in Northern Ireland have fallen by 6% over the past 20 years, so methane from our farms is not building up in the atmosphere.
Matt Dempsey on 17 February 2021
Dempsey at Large: high-cost Ireland
All of us farming in Ireland have a consciousness of even the most basic of services being expensive here and of a continuing growth in bureaucracy.
Contributor on 10 February 2021
Article 16 vaccine controversy shows fragility of Northern Ireland Protocol
Former Taoiseach John Bruton writes about the lessons that should be learned from the recent vaccine controversy for future EU-UK trade relations.
Matt Dempsey on 10 February 2021
Home Farm: soil and slurry
We are on course to meet the BEAM stocking rate reductions by the original June deadline.
Matt Dempsey on 10 February 2021
The impact of US farm income supports on grain, dairy and meat prices
Major support to US grain has significant effects in reducing the price of producing US grain and with it, beef, pigmeat as well as dairy products.
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