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Editorial: winter finishing crisis

The financial risk taken on by finishers was never higher than the last few months.

VIEWPOINTS 18 March 2026

Editorial: winter finishing crisis

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Beef finishers facing a £200 loss this spring

Beef finishers facing a £200 loss this spring

NORTHERN IRELAND 4 March 2026

Huge losses on the cards for winter finishers

Huge losses on the cards for winter finishers

NEWS 25 February 2026

Interim examiners appointed to East Coast Bakehouse

Interim examiners appointed to East Coast Bakehouse

Interim examiners appointed to East Coast Bakehouse

NEWS 15 January 2026

National Ploughing Association reports loss for 2024

National Ploughing Association reports loss for 2024

National Ploughing Association reports loss for 2024

L2 11 December 2025

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Michael Scully has resigned as director of Clonakilty Distillery

Michael Scully has resigned as director of Clonakilty Distillery

Company financial report for 2024 shows a loss of €1.55m in the year.

NEWS 23 June 2025

Crop insurance for Irish farmers to be examined in next CAP

Crop insurance for Irish farmers to be examined in next CAP

Over the next two years, the Department is to “analyse and explore options for availing of financial risk management tools” including insurance.

NEWS 23 June 2025

Grain losses are crystallised for tillage farmers

Grain losses are crystallised for tillage farmers

Grain prices for 2025 are leaving farmers at a loss, and the three-year global outlook is not positive either.

VIEWPOINTS 23 June 2025

EPA report highlights progress and challenges

EPA report highlights progress and challenges

The EPA report on nitrogen load reduction requirements in rivers highlights how quickly improvements can be made, but also the scale of the challenge in some catchments, writes Aidan Brennan

MANAGEMENT 23 June 2025

Sustained agricultural actions needed for water quality in high-risk areas – EPA

Sustained agricultural actions needed for water quality in high-risk areas – EPA

The EPA published updates to its Evidence-based targeting of agricultural measures to reduce nitrogen in catchments to achieve water quality objectives report on Thursday.

NEWS 23 June 2025

Editorial: tillage profit estimates laid bare

Editorial: tillage profit estimates laid bare

In a few years' time if the 2025 tillage income crisis is not sorted, the tillage sector will follow the horticulture sector where vegetable growers can be counted on one hand.

VIEWPOINTS 23 June 2025

Urgent review of outdated TB compensation caps required - McNamara

Urgent review of outdated TB compensation caps required - McNamara

Farmers are facing losses into the thousands on high-value animals culled through no fault of their own, Independent MEP for Ireland South Michael McNamara has said.

NEWS 23 June 2025

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