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Letter urging support for Kerrygold from all co-ops
Letters to the Editor
"Ornua - Kerrygold - Wake the sleeping giant" - Ann Moore, Co Cork
Letter urging support for Kerrygold from all co-ops
Reaction to debate on RTÉ radio's 'Hot Mess'
30 April 2025 Letters
Reaction to debate on RTÉ radio's 'Hot Mess'
"Undermining mature debate" – John Hourigan, Murroe, Co Limerick
A farmer responds to Marie Donnelly CCAC comments
30 April 2025 Letters
A farmer responds to Marie Donnelly CCAC comments
"Let ‘science’ not lobbying drive agenda" - Micheal Fallon, Co Roscommon
The breeding independence of the national herd
"The strength of the breeding programme in Ireland has delivered great progress for dairy farmers." - Mike Magan, Dairy farmer, Killashee, Co Longford.
16 April 2025 Letters
Properly accounting for ruminant methane emissions
"Avoiding Ireland's 2030 Emissions Fines - At the Stroke of a Pen" - Jim O'Brien, chair, Irish Climate Science Forum (ICSF).
16 April 2025 Letters
Letter from a farmer with a lifetime of dry stock farming experience
"After a very long life in dry stock farming, in my wildest dreams I could never imagine what cattle are making today. Long may it last." - Frank Mockler, Thurles, Co Tipperary.
16 April 2025 Letters
Strict import controls needed for used forestry machinery – IFA
The association hopes that these controls will ensure all imported used forestry machinery goes through strict biosecurity measures to stop the spread of harmful diseases.
4 April 2025 Forestry
Organic scheme – livestock help counter abandonment
"Livestock help counter land abandonment on difficult land" - Name & details with the editor.
19 March 2025 Letters
If a tillage industry is to survive, it’s going to need serious support
"If a tillage industry is to survive here, its going to need serious long-term support," - Liam Dunne, Bray House, Athy, Co Kildare.
19 March 2025 Letters
Sharing shareholder detail is concerning
"The public exposure of such personal financial details has led to concerns." - Jason Fleming, Kerry IFA county chairman
19 March 2025 Letters
TB failure
"This is a perfect example of a bad workman "blaming his tools". - Thomas Clinton, Drakerath, Carlanstown, Kells, Co Meath.
12 March 2025 Letters
Promote not demote ICBF’s Euro-Star indexes
"I need each cow to pay her way." - Denis Large, suckler farmer, Co Tipperary
12 March 2025 Letters