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Gerry Boyle: ten years of catch-up after milk quotas
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Quotas hampered our ability to optimise our efficiency, especially in respect of stocking rates and grass utilisation.
26 March 2025 News
Dairy farmers running faster to stand still
Economic reality means the future will be dominated by fewer, larger dairy farms.
16 March 2025 News
Anxiety growing in US agriculture sector over tariffs
Farmers and exporters in the US are highlighting the consequences of tariff policy and suggesting the EU is a better target than Mexico, Canada or China.
Farm incomes for female farmers 'consistently lower' than male farmers - study
A lack of access to land, succession issues and the challenge of combining farm work, off-farm work and caring responsibilities were among some of the barriers identified for women in agriculture.
10 March 2025 News
10 things we learned about agri commissioner Christophe Hansen
The new European Commissioner for Agriculture and Food has an Irish connection, reservations about Donald Trump and really knows his farming, writes Caitríona Morrissey.
26 January 2025 News
Evolving Irish food and drink exports
Era of volume expansion appears to be over, but value still being added to Irish food and drink exports.
12 January 2025 News
Rising prices lift Irish food and drink exports to €17bn for 2024
The value of Irish food and drink exports pass €17bn for the first time, driven by increased value for drinks, prepared consumer foods, beef, and pig meat export values.
8 January 2025 News
Editorial: Stop the clock and reflect
How quickly we forget some of the detail and indeed some of the outcomes from these so-called scandals.
8 January 2025 Viewpoints
A look back at the last 60 years in farming
The most obvious contrast between 'then' and 'now' is the change in scale in every dimension of agriculture.
1 January 2025 Viewpoints
Dempsey at Large: Variable incomes
The original CAP, with its guaranteed intervention prices and export refunds, was designed to prevent severe fluctuations.
1 January 2025 Viewpoints
Farm incomes set to rise in 2025
Teagasc's outlook for the coming year anticipates a rise in farm income in beef, sheep, dairy and tillage.
4 December 2024 News
Dairy farm incomes to reach over €110,000
The income figures are dependent on a return to normal weather conditions and grass growth.
4 December 2024 News