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Editorial Opinion and Comments

All the latest opinion and comments on the Irish agricultural industry from the Farmers Journal editorial team.

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Dempsey at Large: winners and losers in climate change phenomenon

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Home Farm: transformation at last

Charlie's Corner: surprise quadruplet lambs and a busy holiday

Charlie Hackett is a 14-year-old student from Co Offaly and he lives on the farm with his parents Pippa and Mark.

By Contributor on 12 April 2018

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Dempsey at Large: the Brexit fallout

Maybe it will all turn out all right on the day but we should at least have contingency plans in place.

By Matt Dempsey on 12 April 2018

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Home Farm: silage sales

While we will have still a buffer of silage to cope with normal demand, I hope we will not go short.

By Matt Dempsey on 12 April 2018

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Legal queries: can the Department suspend farm inspections during fodder crisis?

In this week's legal query, solicitor Aisling Meehan looks at whether the Department of Agriculture can suspend farm inspections during the ongoing fodder crisis.

By Aisling Meehan on 09 April 2018

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Colm McCarthy: Brexit - a benefit for Irish ports?

People use the land-bridge because it suits them and they conduct import and export trade with the UK rather than the continent for the same reason.

By Colm McCarthy on 11 April 2018

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Fodder crisis: moral support and meitheal spirit will keep farmers fighting

Pat O’Toole reflects on how farmers are responding to the enormous challenge posed by the current fodder shortage.

By Pat O'Toole on 07 April 2018

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Hormone beef will be UK's pressure point

The EU ban on hormone beef imports has been a long-running controversy and Australia has now joined the US in making it a red line issue for a trade deal with the UK after Brexit, writes Phelim O'Neil

By Phelim O'Neill on 05 April 2018

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Dempsey at Large: family farming – resilience or exploitation?

What we are in effect seeing is greatly enhanced productivity by Irish farmers but more to the point, a huge reliance on one-man farms with some family labour.

By Matt Dempsey on 05 April 2018

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Home Farm: cattle all back in

There are sections of the grass fields that have received no slurry at all this year or fertiliser and have a hungry brown appearance. Even on the fertilised ground, growth is almost non-existent.

By Matt Dempsey on 05 April 2018

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