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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

Editorial: uncertain future for sheep farming

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Editorial: ‘hospitality businesses welcome return of 9% VAT rate'

Editorial: ‘hospitality businesses welcome return of 9% VAT rate'

EDITORIAL 15 July 2026

Editorial: disturbing video footage

Editorial: disturbing video footage

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Editorial: coping with the weather

Editorial: coping with the weather

Editorial: coping with the weather

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Editorial: straw chopping confusion as tillage farmers left in limbo

Editorial: straw chopping confusion as tillage farmers left in limbo

Editorial: straw chopping confusion as tillage farmers left in limbo

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Editorial: Re-turn scheme, return our money to our bank accounts

Editorial: Re-turn scheme, return our money to our bank accounts

The Re-turn scheme may be a success but it seems bonkers that we can't get our money back into our bank account.

EDITORIAL 1 July 2026

Editorial: volatility highlighted in National Farm Survey data

Editorial: volatility highlighted in National Farm Survey data

We shouldn’t forget the critical role that support payments play in European production systems.

VIEWPOINTS 1 July 2026

Flexibility needed in Farming with Nature

Flexibility needed in Farming with Nature

Applications for the agri environment scheme opened last week and are set to close at 5pm on Friday 31 July

EDITORIAL 1 July 2026

Editorial: land use review report shelved

Editorial: land use review report shelved

Setting unrealistic targets for the industry only serves to create a bigger divide between government targets and the industry.

VIEWPOINTS 1 July 2026

Editorial: harvest off to a great start

Editorial: harvest off to a great start

Varieties have not yet made it through the ranks for winter wheat or spring barley, but no doubt farmers are waiting on them.

VIEWPOINTS 1 July 2026

Best foot forward for BEEF 2026

Best foot forward for BEEF 2026

Adam Woods takes a look back at BEEF 2026 and asks some questions about organic beef systems

EDITORIAL 1 July 2026

Oireachtas committee AD report lacks farm-scale vision

Oireachtas committee AD report lacks farm-scale vision

Adam Woods takes a look at this week's Oireachtas Joint Committee on Agriculture and Food report on Anaerobic Digestion.

EDITORIAL 1 July 2026

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