Matt Dempsey

Dempsey at Large: production efficiency on show at Ballyvadin

Last week's Ballyvadin open day at Fethard, Co Tipperary was outstanding.

VIEWPOINTS 29 July 2026

Dempsey at Large: production efficiency on show at Ballyvadin

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Home Farm: Waiting for wheat

Home Farm: Waiting for wheat

VIEWPOINTS 29 July 2026

Dempsey at Large: Food and farming sidelined

Dempsey at Large: Food and farming sidelined

VIEWPOINTS 22 July 2026

Home Farm: an extraordinary week

Home Farm: an extraordinary week

Home Farm: an extraordinary week

VIEWPOINTS 22 July 2026

Dempsey at Large: changing attitudes to co-op shares

Dempsey at Large: changing attitudes to co-op shares

Dempsey at Large: changing attitudes to co-op shares

VIEWPOINTS 15 July 2026

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Home Farm: grass slows as harvest starts

Home Farm: grass slows as harvest starts

The combine came over on Sunday afternoon and we began first thing Monday morning.

VIEWPOINTS 24 June 2026

Dempsey at Large: price is key, not supports

Dempsey at Large: price is key, not supports

A majority of all farm types now have the farmer or his/her spouse with an off-farm income.

VIEWPOINTS 24 June 2026

Home Farm: hay cut ahead of dry week

Home Farm: hay cut ahead of dry week

The grass was not grazed since before Christmas, so the heavy crop will take a while to get to the stage where it is fit to bale.

VIEWPOINTS 24 June 2026

Home farm: new leys versus old pasture

Home farm: new leys versus old pasture

The talk of a very early harvest at least around us seems wide of the mark.

VIEWPOINTS 24 June 2026

Dempsey at large: to home produce
or import grain?

Dempsey at large: to home produce or import grain?

With CAP changes in prospect and greater national flexibility on the cards, a new approach should be considered.

VIEWPOINTS 24 June 2026

Dempsey at Large: setting our livestock and methane targets

Dempsey at Large: setting our livestock and methane targets

New Zealand is seeing an increase in its beef herd while its dairy herd slowly declines

VIEWPOINTS 24 June 2026

Home Farm: silage at last, Bord Bia audit and sprayer inspection

Home Farm: silage at last, Bord Bia audit and sprayer inspection

We are in fact three weeks later than normal taking our first cut silage mainly because of weather conditions in the February / March period,

VIEWPOINTS 24 June 2026

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