Matt Dempsey

Home Farm: slurry season opens

The amount of money involved to stock up with cattle for beef is so large and the risk of loss so real that it seems a no-brainer that there should be some form of forward price guarantee on offer.

VIEWPOINTS 14 January 2026

Home Farm: slurry season opens

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Dempsey at Large: Oxford Farming Conference report

Dempsey at Large: Oxford Farming Conference report

VIEWPOINTS 14 January 2026

Dempsey at Large: the early lessons from solar

Dempsey at Large: the early lessons from solar

VIEWPOINTS 7 January 2026

The Home Farm: not a typical beef year

The Home Farm: not a typical beef year

The Home Farm: not a typical beef year

VIEWPOINTS 7 January 2026

Dempsey at Large: getting the facts straight on nitrates

Dempsey at Large: getting the facts straight on nitrates

Dempsey at Large: getting the facts straight on nitrates

VIEWPOINTS 24 December 2025

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Home Farm: beef market surprises

Home Farm: beef market surprises

The recent strong winds knocked a few trees, which we will cut up for logs.

VIEWPOINTS 3 December 2025

Dempsey at Large: Need for Irish cereal breeding policy

Dempsey at Large: Need for Irish cereal breeding policy

An informed forum should be assembled immediately and a national policy developed.

VIEWPOINTS 3 December 2025

Home Farm: sophisticated solar

Home Farm: sophisticated solar

The early closed paddocks have covers fit to graze after the long mild spell, but while the grass might be fit to graze, the land certainly isn't.

VIEWPOINTS 3 December 2025

Dempsey at Large: Teagasc looks to the future

Dempsey at Large: Teagasc looks to the future

Has our competitive position deteriorated or improved vis-à-vis third countries, such as Russia and Brazil, and what can be done to reverse the erosion of our ability to compete.

VIEWPOINTS 3 December 2025

Home Farm: rain ruins spraying plans

Home Farm: rain ruins spraying plans

Obviously we have all the cattle in at this stage. The latest ones to be housed put on absolutely no weight over the last month or six weeks.

VIEWPOINTS 3 December 2025

Dempsey at Large: TB control - more of the same

Dempsey at Large: TB control - more of the same

The chickens are now coming home to roost, with an incredible €158 million allocated to the programme in the recent budget, an astonishing €20 for every cow, bullock and calf in the country.

VIEWPOINTS 3 December 2025

Home Farm: starting our solar journey

Home Farm: starting our solar journey

We dithered as to whether the wire should be buried beneath the yard or brought around overhead by being attached to the existing outhouses.

VIEWPOINTS 3 December 2025

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