Editorial Opinion
Contributor on 12 May 2021
Agriculture is facing a momentous decision on carbon budgets
Professor Gerry Boyle, director at Teagasc, writes that the about the scale of the challenge posed by the looming sectoral carbon budgets.
Matt Dempsey on 12 May 2021
Planning for houses
To so tilt the balance that it is much cheaper over the long-term to buy an asset than rent the same asset is clearly an anomaly.
Matt Dempsey on 12 May 2021
Home Farm: silage season coming into focus
For this week the most important job is to get the Basic Farm Payment application properly completed and submitted online.
David Wright on 12 May 2021
Rapid demise of 'Going for Growth'
Only eight years ago the agri food industry in NI was being lauded for producing a growth strategy
Colm McCarthy on 12 May 2021
Colm McCarthy: how many days in court are objectors entitled to?
For objectors seeking judicial review of planning decisions, the adverse award of costs is the only disincentive to the constant demand for replays.
Contributor on 12 May 2021
Fair Deal scheme: an important day for all farm families
This legislation will ensure that the Fair Deal cheme is a fair deal for all, write Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue and Minister of State for Mental Health and Older People Mary Butler.
Colm McCarthy on 5 May 2021
Colm McCarthy: who is going to pay for all this?
‘Who is going to pay for all this?’ has become a constant nervous query.
Matt Dempsey on 5 May 2021
Home Farm: long-threatened jobs done in the dry spell
The beans which were so badly affected by last year's May drought looked as if they had been given a new lease of life with the rain.
Matt Dempsey on 5 May 2021
Dempsey at Large: Mary Lynch/Liz Kavanagh
Mary Lynch wrote under the pen name Liz Kavanagh – the name became known the length and breadth of the country for its portrayal of a farming family.
David Wright on 5 May 2021
Logic points to EU vet agreement
A EU/UK veterinary agreement would remove a signficant chunck of the bureaucracy currently facing food exporters in Britain
Colm McCarthy on 1 May 2021
Colm McCarthy: the next election could be the revenge of the millennials
Inheritances have become an important component of expected lifetime income.
Matt Dempsey on 28 April 2021
Dempsey at Large: farmer frustrations at reforms
Farming policy - proposals are needed for a new appeals legislative process.
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