Justin McCarthy on 20 October 2021
Editorial: Government taking huge gamble on future of farming
Government is expecting farmers to accept a target where the roadmap can only take them 50% of the required journey.
Colm McCarthy on 20 October 2021
Colm McCarthy: targets are not policies
A super-intelligent race of aliens from a more advanced planet, should they be kind enough to colonise this one, would quickly conclude that 200 governments convening in Glasgow is 199 too many.
Matt Dempsey on 20 October 2021
Home Farm: cattle all out crops all in
October is a critical month, a fine one shortens the winter with cattle out mopping up the end of the grass.
Matt Dempsey on 20 October 2021
Dempsey at Large: The founder of Moorepark comes home
Michael Walshe had been the driving force in giving the momentum to a research station that is acknowledged now as the best dairy research centre in the world.
Justin McCarthy on 20 October 2021
Editorial: new income streams needed while going green
Carbon sequestration, increased biodiversity, habitat regeneration and renewable energy all identified as potential revenue streams.
Colm McCarthy on 13 October 2021
Colm McCarthy: the big divide on nuclear energy
Newer technologies promise both easier cost control and smaller scale units better suited to the Irish grid.
Gerald Potterton on 13 October 2021
Farmer Writes: carbon credits issue could be a death knell for tree planting
As a co-owner of hardwood forestry, Gerald Potterton says very firmly, they’re his trees on his land and the sequestered carbon is certainly his.
Brian Nicholson on 13 October 2021
Farmer Writes: we''re part of the climate solution, not scapegoats
Brian Nicholson is annoyed with how the Government is handling things regarding agriculture and the environment.
Matt Dempsey on 13 October 2021
Home Farm: full steam ahead with the sowing
This year with the prices on offer at harvest we sold all our grain, the first time we kept nothing back for our own use.
Matt Dempsey on 13 October 2021
A Spanish perspective on agriculture
Sen Luis Planas belongs to the governing Socialist party – he had a very clear view of what he wanted Spanish agriculture to achieve.
Justin McCarthy on 13 October 2021
Editorial: budget exposes this Government’s lack of commitment to farmers
Budget 2022 shows no signs of policy innovation or forward thinking in the Government’s commitments to farmers
Justin McCarthy on 7 October 2021
Editorial: FDI untouchable but Irish farmers fair game
Politicians and policymakers would do well to remember the contribution the agri-food sector made to Ireland's battered economy when the tide went out.
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