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Editorial: back to reality for farm incomes in 2026

Carcase weights have also improved considerably since the beginning of the project.

VIEWPOINTS 22 July 2026

Editorial: back to reality for farm incomes in 2026

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Colm McCarthy: corporation tax bonanza not guaranteed

Colm McCarthy: corporation tax bonanza not guaranteed

VIEWPOINTS 22 July 2026

Editorial: attitude to risk must change if progress is to be made on farm safety

Editorial: attitude to risk must change if progress is to be made on farm safety

VIEWPOINTS 22 July 2026

Editorial: Drought special

Editorial: Drought special

Editorial: Drought special

VIEWPOINTS 22 July 2026

Editorial: where's the long-term planning?

Editorial: where's the long-term planning?

Editorial: where's the long-term planning?

VIEWPOINTS 22 July 2026

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Dempsey at Large: Food and farming sidelined

Dempsey at Large: Food and farming sidelined

Paschal Donohoe points out the constraints of modern political office and the volatility of voters.

VIEWPOINTS 15 July 2026

Home Farm: an extraordinary week

Home Farm: an extraordinary week

The long-standing Cassia as a variety confirmed what the Department trials told us a few weeks ago - that it is becoming outclassed and presumably should not be grown without a specific contract.

VIEWPOINTS 15 July 2026

Editorial: uncertain future for sheep farming

Editorial: uncertain future for sheep farming

Throughput of lambs and hoggets is still down over 80,000 head in the first six months of this year.

VIEWPOINTS 15 July 2026

Colm McCarthy: can all Ireland's racecourses survive?

Colm McCarthy: can all Ireland's racecourses survive?

HRI provides generous grants for prize money from the Horse and Greyhound Fund, split 80/20 in favour of horse racing and the destination of the tax on betting.

VIEWPOINTS 15 July 2026

Dempsey at Large: changing attitudes to co-op shares

Dempsey at Large: changing attitudes to co-op shares

As life goes on, the actual intrinsic value of the asset represented by the share seems to come more into focus.

VIEWPOINTS 15 July 2026

Home Farm: grass slows as harvest starts

Home Farm: grass slows as harvest starts

The combine came over on Sunday afternoon and we began first thing Monday morning.

VIEWPOINTS 15 July 2026

Editorial: disturbing video footage

Editorial: disturbing video footage

A full investigation and review of the circumstances around these actions needs to be completed to avoid the same thing happening on a farm again in the future.

VIEWPOINTS 15 July 2026

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Measuring carbon is the new frontier for Irish tillage farming

Tom Barry, tillage farmer: ‘I farm in Killavullen, north Cork, and I’ve been farming here since 1995’.

Measuring carbon is the new frontier for Irish tillage farming

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