Matt Dempsey

Dempsey at Large: The €8/kg mirage

The forecast was very clear - an average factory price of €8/kg for 2026 could be expected. Did this forecast give a sense of misplaced confidence to the sector?

VIEWPOINTS 20 May 2026

Dempsey at Large: The €8/kg mirage

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Home Farm: another week, another drop in the beef price

Home Farm: another week, another drop in the beef price

VIEWPOINTS 20 May 2026

Home Farm: clear of TB, but lacking in rain

Home Farm: clear of TB, but lacking in rain

VIEWPOINTS 13 May 2026

Dempsey at Large: the co-op share dilemma

Dempsey at Large: the co-op share dilemma

Dempsey at Large: the co-op share dilemma

VIEWPOINTS 13 May 2026

Dempsey at Large: Results season underway

Dempsey at Large: Results season underway

Dempsey at Large: Results season underway

VIEWPOINTS 6 May 2026

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Home Farm: Catching up during dry spell

Home Farm: Catching up during dry spell

Out in the fields, a neighbour with a high clearance, self-propelled sprayer did our oilseed rape for scleritinia.

VIEWPOINTS 15 April 2026

Dempsey at Large: food self-sufficiency policies

Dempsey at Large: food self-sufficiency policies

Europe on the other hand has steadily traded access to its food market at the expense of its own farmers, but in the interest of access for its own products and services.

VIEWPOINTS 15 April 2026

Home Farm: Choice of nitrogen

Home Farm: Choice of nitrogen

We had sown the new grass last September – later than ideal – but it took well and was a good dense, highly-digestible sward.

VIEWPOINTS 15 April 2026

Dempsey at Large: tanks or tractors?

Dempsey at Large: tanks or tractors?

The new imperative of defence spending is directly leading to reduced spending on the CAP - the proposed budget is down by 20%.

VIEWPOINTS 15 April 2026

Home Farm: ground conditions improve

Home Farm: ground conditions improve

We ended up finishing the buying season by buying cattle that won’t be ready until well into 2027.

VIEWPOINTS 15 April 2026

Dempsey at Large: diesel - why don't we just use our own?

Dempsey at Large: diesel - why don't we just use our own?

It seems shortsighted not to have at least a standby capacity to produce some of our own domestic needs.

VIEWPOINTS 15 April 2026

Home Farm: catching up during a busy week

Home Farm: catching up during a busy week

We are giving the store cattle a fresh paddock every day, and are concentrating on the land that we intend to close up this week for first-cut silage.

VIEWPOINTS 15 April 2026

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New Zealand dairy tech open day to take place on Laois farm

Irish dairy farmers will have the opportunity to see the latest technologies from New Zealand at an on-farm open day at Camcloon Dairy, Ballyfin, Co Laois, on Tuesday 19 May 2026 from 10am.

New Zealand dairy tech open day to take place on Laois farm

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