Matt Dempsey

Dempsey at Large: recoupling - pushing an open door

At this stage, it must be assumed that the political will to maintain a core of agricultural activity exists.

VIEWPOINTS 18 March 2026

Dempsey at Large: recoupling - pushing an open door

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Home Farm: cattle all housed again

Home Farm: cattle all housed again

VIEWPOINTS 18 March 2026

Dempsey at Large: questions as we drop below Poland

Dempsey at Large: questions as we drop below Poland

VIEWPOINTS 11 March 2026

Home Farm: yellow crops and falling beef prices

Home Farm: yellow crops and falling beef prices

Home Farm: yellow crops and falling beef prices

VIEWPOINTS 11 March 2026

Dempsey at Large: the Goodman story

Dempsey at Large: the Goodman story

Dempsey at Large: the Goodman story

VIEWPOINTS 10 March 2026

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Home Farm: 2026 BISS application

Home Farm: 2026 BISS application

Normally by this stage, we would have grazed off most of the winter growth but this year, we haven't had one animal out on a paddock yet.

VIEWPOINTS 11 February 2026

Dempsey at Large: the portrayal of Larry Goodman

Dempsey at Large: the portrayal of Larry Goodman

The expansion of the AIBP Goodman group was very visible (AIBP as it was then called) and featured in the television programme.

VIEWPOINTS 11 February 2026

Home Farm: grabbing slurry chances

Home Farm: grabbing slurry chances

We still have no fertiliser out on the crops, with some of the winter barley beginning to show signs that a first split of nitrogen should go out as soon as possible.

VIEWPOINTS 11 February 2026

Dempsey at Large: remembering Ireland's longest serving Minister for Agriculture

Dempsey at Large: remembering Ireland's longest serving Minister for Agriculture

James Ryan had, during the economic war, overseen the creation of a compulsory tillage policy.

VIEWPOINTS 11 February 2026

Home Farm: another week of enforced idleness

Home Farm: another week of enforced idleness

At least the continuous rain has let us catch up on the endless paperwork that is part and parcel of modern farming.

VIEWPOINTS 11 February 2026

Will there be money for doing the right thing?

Will there be money for doing the right thing?

A payment system for meeting new criteria will is likely be the critical dimension to any new CAP that emerges next year.

VIEWPOINTS 11 February 2026

Home Farm: slurry pressures

Home Farm: slurry pressures

We are hoping for a beef price that at least matches last spring but the price seems to be stuck.

VIEWPOINTS 11 February 2026

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Cutting clean in tough conditions: Conal Moore on running Krone EasyCut Mowers

Conal Moore an agri contractor and tillage framer from Ballygar Co Galway. “We do a lot of reseeding, slurry spreading and tillage work but baling would be our main enterprise”.

Cutting clean in tough conditions: Conal Moore on running Krone EasyCut Mowers

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