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Opinion: escalating TB figures will affect all farming in time
Pat O'Toole
As TB runs out of control, the Department of Agriculture and farmers have never been further apart on how to tackle the problem.
16 April 2025 News
Progress on Carlow maltings plans
Thornhill Agi has requested approval to construct half a dozen large silos to store barley and malt near Tullow.
12 April 2025 Opinion
Opinion: there are US politicians we can talk to as Trump's aggression alarms
The Irish have long had a reputation for diplomacy. It needs to be put to use now with US politicians who can curb Donald Trump's power.
Opinion: if we have to have the row, have it now
Irish agriculture and food production may be in the front line of Trump’s trade tariffs, but we shouldn’t turn the other cheek and “suck it up”. We have to confront the bully at some point.
5 April 2025 Opinion
Potato planting surges ahead of maize and beet
Potato growers are taking advantage of the good weather, and maize planting will commence in the coming days.
2 April 2025 News
Wexford event to mark a century of harvesting
A unique event in Wexford next July will feature all the processes used to harvest grain from antiquity to the present day.
19 March 2025 News
Opinion: whiskey tariffs are the cloud in bright March skies
Good weather means a spring in the step of farmers planting crops, but the markets are not as bright as the weather, with tariffs (yet again) a threat.
15 March 2025 Opinion
Coughlan defends ICBF performance in Wexford
The lack of quality beef cattle is due to the drop in suckler cow numbers, not the SCEP star system, Sean Coughlan told Wexford farmers
12 March 2025 News
Opinion: rewetting rules a triple threat, but tariffs more immediate worry
While Thursday's meeting on regulations affecting peatland management saw real farmer concerns raised, Donald Trump's latest pronouncements on trade are even more worrying.
8 March 2025 Opinion
Department and Minister must respect farmers - Doyle
The IFA deputy president says that farmers have lost trust in Government, as the overlapping demands of the Nature Restoration Law, GAEC 2 and the Climate Action Plan affect peatland farmers.
6 March 2025 News
Fertiliser prices holding steady this week
As volumes on the move increase, prices are keenest in the west and the border counties, perhaps in part due to older, better-priced product being on-hand.
5 March 2025 News
Opinion: farmers are vulnerable in tumultuous times
With the USA exhibiting signs of diplomatic, trade and political aggression towards Europe, farming funding is likely to be affected, while tariffs would be crippling.
1 March 2025 Opinion