Matt Dempsey

mdempsey@farmersjournal.ie

Dempsey at Large: Farm policy - not rocket science

The farm policy that has driven the production of sufficient food of improving quality is clear.

VIEWPOINTS 23 September 2026

Dempsey at Large: Farm policy - not rocket science

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Home Farm: 2026 farming year closes

Home Farm: 2026 farming year closes

VIEWPOINTS 23 September 2026

Dempsey at Large: view from India

Dempsey at Large: view from India

VIEWPOINTS 16 September 2026

Home Farm: beans and late silage

Home Farm: beans and late silage

Home Farm: beans and late silage

VIEWPOINTS 16 September 2026

Dempsey at Large: frustration hits reality

Dempsey at Large: frustration hits reality

Dempsey at Large: frustration hits reality

VIEWPOINTS 9 September 2026

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Home Farm: lush green grass returns

Home Farm: lush green grass returns

We have cut the grass for our second cut of silage, later than it has been for many years because of the hot dry weather.

VIEWPOINTS 19 August 2026

Home Farm: one day too late

Home Farm: one day too late

How long do we wait to sow, and will the soil underneath be dry enough to allow the next option of ploughing and following directly with the one pass?

VIEWPOINTS 19 August 2026

Dempsey at Large: the time has come to review rules for world agriculture

Dempsey at Large: the time has come to review rules for world agriculture

While Russia was in post-communism chaos, it was still a major market for western cereals, meat and dairy products.

VIEWPOINTS 19 August 2026

Dempsey at Large: finally, the EU is starting to level up on global stage

Dempsey at Large: finally, the EU is starting to level up on global stage

While the legal wheels will grind slowly, the course for real change would seem to be set.

VIEWPOINTS 19 August 2026

Home Farm: greening up though streams dry

Home Farm: greening up though streams dry

One of the consequences of the exceptionally dry warm summer is that the spring beans, the last crop to be harvested, are shorter and more open than I would like.

VIEWPOINTS 19 August 2026

Dempsey at Large: humbled by history

Dempsey at Large: humbled by history

Whenever basic food prices rise, the cry goes up about food taking a large slice of of the income of the poorest.

VIEWPOINTS 19 August 2026

Home Farm: second-cut silage ambitions

Home Farm: second-cut silage ambitions

We continue to draft the few cattle within six weeks or so of being fit into the houses for a full finishing ration but the numbers are small so far.

VIEWPOINTS 19 August 2026

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