Matt Dempsey

Dempsey at Large: frustration hits reality

Despite the incentives and efforts nationally, the dial has not moved.

VIEWPOINTS 9 September 2026

Dempsey at Large: frustration hits reality

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Home Farm: lush green grass returns

Home Farm: lush green grass returns

VIEWPOINTS 9 September 2026

Home Farm: one day too late

Home Farm: one day too late

VIEWPOINTS 2 September 2026

Dempsey at Large: the time has come to review rules for world agriculture

Dempsey at Large: the time has come to review rules for world agriculture

Dempsey at Large: the time has come to review rules for world agriculture

VIEWPOINTS 2 September 2026

Dempsey at Large: finally, the EU is starting to level up on global stage

Dempsey at Large: finally, the EU is starting to level up on global stage

Dempsey at Large: finally, the EU is starting to level up on global stage

VIEWPOINTS 26 August 2026

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Home Farm: greening up though streams dry

Home Farm: greening up though streams dry

One of the consequences of the exceptionally dry warm summer is that the spring beans, the last crop to be harvested, are shorter and more open than I would like.

VIEWPOINTS 5 August 2026

Dempsey at Large: humbled by history

Dempsey at Large: humbled by history

Whenever basic food prices rise, the cry goes up about food taking a large slice of of the income of the poorest.

VIEWPOINTS 5 August 2026

Home Farm: second-cut silage ambitions

Home Farm: second-cut silage ambitions

We continue to draft the few cattle within six weeks or so of being fit into the houses for a full finishing ration but the numbers are small so far.

VIEWPOINTS 5 August 2026

Dempsey at Large: the lack of a safety net hits EU farms

Dempsey at Large: the lack of a safety net hits EU farms

Pig meat is just another example of producers taking the full brunt of market fluctuations.

VIEWPOINTS 5 August 2026

Home Farm: the ground is too hard to plough

Home Farm: the ground is too hard to plough

Oilseed rape is the crop that over the last 20 years has seen by far the greater genetic progress in terms of yield.

VIEWPOINTS 5 August 2026

Dempsey at Large: our thoroughbred sector is many furlongs ahead

Dempsey at Large: our thoroughbred sector is many furlongs ahead

In the showjumping world, the really high prices are more likely to be negotiated privately rather than in the glare of auction ring publicity.

VIEWPOINTS 5 August 2026

Home Farm: harvest done and dusted

Home Farm: harvest done and dusted

The straw yields from the wheat were also marginally less than what I would have normally expected.

VIEWPOINTS 5 August 2026

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