Matt Dempsey

Dempsey at Large: questions as we drop below Poland

Does the competition and consumer protection body need to dust down its files on how to investigate suspected collusion and price fixing among processors?

VIEWPOINTS 11 March 2026

Dempsey at Large: questions as we drop below Poland

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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

VIEWPOINTS 10 March 2026

Home Farm: 2026 BISS application

Home Farm: 2026 BISS application

Home Farm: 2026 BISS application

VIEWPOINTS 4 March 2026

Dempsey at Large: the portrayal of Larry Goodman

Dempsey at Large: the portrayal of Larry Goodman

Dempsey at Large: the portrayal of Larry Goodman

VIEWPOINTS 4 March 2026

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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 4 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 4 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 4 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 4 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 4 February 2026

Dempsey at Large: land prices soaring in places as western Europe stagnates

Dempsey at Large: land prices soaring in places as western Europe stagnates

Ireland has an extremely open land market, with no restrictions on who can purchase land and in what amount.

VIEWPOINTS 4 February 2026

Home Farm: do you use farm-saved seed?

Home Farm: do you use farm-saved seed?

Our mole drains that we put in last year have proven to be a real success with previously wet, impassible spots dry and water running through the gravel-filled moles to an outlet.

VIEWPOINTS 4 February 2026

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