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Farmer Writes: Irish farmers paying the price for EU red tape

From my perspective, the EU is firing out policies that completely clash with each other, and Irish farmers are the ones paying the price.

FARMER WRITES 26 November 2025

Farmer Writes: Irish farmers paying the price for EU red tape

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My Farming Week: Darren Buttimer, Knockskeagh, Lyre, Clonakilty, Co Cork

My Farming Week: Darren Buttimer, Knockskeagh, Lyre, Clonakilty, Co Cork

NEWS 26 November 2025

Twenty ways to spend €20,000: land purchase

Twenty ways to spend €20,000: land purchase

NEWS 30 October 2025

Nitrates plan demands extra slurry storage

Nitrates plan demands extra slurry storage

Nitrates plan demands extra slurry storage

NEWS 29 October 2025

New slurry rules to cost 100-cow herd €21,000

New slurry rules to cost 100-cow herd €21,000

New slurry rules to cost 100-cow herd €21,000

NEWS 29 October 2025

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Farmer Writes: price cuts hard to swallow

Farmer Writes: price cuts hard to swallow

The lack of transparency around pricing structures is frustrating. Where is the value going in the supply chain?

FARMER WRITES 8 July 2025

Ireland facing 200,000 cow cull if derogation lost

Ireland facing 200,000 cow cull if derogation lost

The economic cost at farm level to the various mitigation strategies open to dairy farmers was examined in the Teagasc report, writes Aidan Brennan.

NEWS 8 July 2025

Farmer Writes: dry weather hitting milk yields

Farmer Writes: dry weather hitting milk yields

The average farm cover per cow is hovering at 160kg DM/LU, which is leaving little room for comfort. Milk yield is suffering as a result.

FARMER WRITES 8 July 2025

Editorial: some nitrates actions need more support

Editorial: some nitrates actions need more support

Measures are needed to reduce nutrient losses from all sectors and that some tillage areas are particularly sensitive as they are in free draining areas.

VIEWPOINTS 8 July 2025

Strict new fertiliser limits proposed

Strict new fertiliser limits proposed

New proposals recommended by the state-led Nitrates Expert Group for Ireland's next Nitrates Action Programme.

NEWS 8 July 2025

Fertiliser limits for milking platforms

Fertiliser limits for milking platforms

Fertiliser allowances on milking platforms could differ depending on how much slurry goes out, under new plans drawn up by Department and State agency officials.

NEWS 8 July 2025

Twenty ways to spend €20,000: grazing infrastructure

Twenty ways to spend €20,000: grazing infrastructure

In the first of a new series on evaluating spending options on dairy farms, Daire Cregg looks at the costs involved in improving grazing infrastructure and asks if it is a good investment.

MANAGEMENT 8 July 2025

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