All the latest opinion and comments on the Irish agricultural industry from the Farmers Journal editorial team.

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Viewpoints
Dempsey at Large: water improvement efforts
Matt Dempsey
Water, and specifically nitrates levels, is emerging as the key determinant of possible future progress in Irish farming.
Home Farm:  know your potassium (K) level
12 February 2025 Viewpoints
Home Farm: know your potassium (K) level
In our recent soil test, I was horrified to find that the soil was index 1 for K (potassium).
View from China: a brutal year for Chinese beef farmers on cost front
12 February 2025 Viewpoints
View from China: a brutal year for Chinese beef farmers on cost front
The Chinese beef industry has grown very quickly and is trying to adapt to meet demand.
A lot of change coming at farmers
A number of events are planned over the coming weeks to make farmers aware of changes to farm support.
12 February 2025 Northern Ireland
Armagh and Down hit hardest by IHT tax
Farm land prices in Armagh and Down are the highest anywhere in NI and potentially the whole of the UK.
5 February 2025 Northern Ireland
Trump set to send world economy into a nosedive
A tariff for the EU will affect Ireland more than other EU members given the high export share, but may not be the end of the damage.
5 February 2025 Opinion
Dempsey at Large: Practicalities and green dreams
Not allowing a chimney where an ordinary fire or stove could be installed and used defies common sense.
29 January 2025 Viewpoints
Home Farm: Storm damage - wires and trees
Within an hour chainsaws and a heavy duty loader were on the scene and the road was cleared.
29 January 2025 Viewpoints
Colm McCarthy: It is time to reconsider our energy sources
The invasion of Ukraine has also drawn attention to the dangerous reliance on imports of natural gas from Russia.
29 January 2025 Viewpoints
Opinion: Heydon and Hansen bring hands-on experience to new roles
A new Commissioner and a new Minister will be grappling with the same old problems facing farming.
25 January 2025 Opinion
Dempsey at Large: unrestrained social media
In Ireland, there are tight regulations on what can be said in public and particularly what can be printed or broadcast. Standards of truth and decency apply.
22 January 2025 Viewpoints
The next stage in the inheritance tax campaign
Tractor rallies have been organised for across Northern Ireland this Saturday 25 January
22 January 2025 Northern Ireland