Matt Dempsey

mdempsey@farmersjournal.ie

Dempsey at Large: Carbon farming - potential or reality?

There is scope to develop the concept of carbon farming where it can provide an income stream for farmers.

VIEWPOINTS 12 November 2025

Dempsey at Large: Carbon farming - potential or reality?

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Home Farm: saturated soil makes grazing difficult

Home Farm: saturated soil makes grazing difficult

VIEWPOINTS 12 November 2025

Dempsey at Large: Changes in prospect

Dempsey at Large: Changes in prospect

VIEWPOINTS 5 November 2025

Home Farm: Grass growth and slugs

Home Farm: Grass growth and slugs

Home Farm: Grass growth and slugs

VIEWPOINTS 5 November 2025

Home Farm: picture perfect winter barley

Home Farm: picture perfect winter barley

Home Farm: picture perfect winter barley

VIEWPOINTS 29 October 2025

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Dempsey at Large: agriculture out on a limb

Dempsey at Large: agriculture out on a limb

If we are serious about generational renewal in Irish farming, as distinct from normal generational shifts in land ownership, then the most basic reappraisal of policy has to take place.

VIEWPOINTS 8 October 2025

Home Farm: winter preparation continues

Home Farm: winter preparation continues

We seem to have been spared the intense downpours of the south and we have an abundance of aftergrass which we will graze paddock by paddock, moving the fence daily to avoid too much damage.

VIEWPOINTS 8 October 2025

Dempsey at Large: throwing away half a billion euro

Dempsey at Large: throwing away half a billion euro

The other side of the coin has to be that policies that raise costs or penalise competitiveness have to be accompanied by appropriate compensation.

VIEWPOINTS 8 October 2025

Home Farm: cattle back out by day

Home Farm: cattle back out by day

We are not quite finished all the sowing but with the forecast so good, we are expecting to get it finished and rolled within the next day or so.

VIEWPOINTS 8 October 2025

Dempsey at Large: time for a serious rethink on global agricultural policy

Dempsey at Large: time for a serious rethink on global agricultural policy

The Fishler/ MacSharry reforms were for a different time and have served their purpose.

VIEWPOINTS 8 October 2025

Home Farm: mucky paddocks and heavy cattle back in

Home Farm: mucky paddocks and heavy cattle back in

With no oats this year, we will have a more compressed sowing season which will add to the pressure but we can only take it as it comes.

VIEWPOINTS 8 October 2025

Dempsey at Large: ultimately, politics is about people and policies

Dempsey at Large: ultimately, politics is about people and policies

The key acknowledgment was that the Irish tillage sector is not competing on a level playing field.

VIEWPOINTS 8 October 2025

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PGI boosting value of all beef in Italy

Francesca Perfetto heads Bord Bia’s office in Milan, Italy, and tells the Irish Farmers Journal about promoting Irish food and drink in her country.

PGI boosting value of all beef in Italy

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