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Agribusiness
Agri-Food Regulator reports 'good progress' in early dialogues
Phelim O'Neill
Agri-Food Regulator has clear directions on unfair trading practices legislation, but will have to find their own way on bringing transparency to the supply chain.
27 March 2024 Viewpoints
Home Farm: some progress at last
Some of the headlands have effectively no crop at all. It’s not just a low plant population - it’s a total absence of any plants.
27 March 2024 Northern Ireland
Falling TB levels are an established trend
The history of bovine TB in NI tells us that the rates of disease tends to go in cycles
Dempsey at Large: analysing 'The Experience Economy'
IBEC has done a service in pinpointing the threats to what makes Ireland a great place in which to live, work and invest.
27 March 2024 Viewpoints
Funding our water and electricity infrastructure
Ireland is the only European country in which water is free, and even the Green Party has backed off charging for water.
27 March 2024 Viewpoints
Desperate Farmhusband: blessed is he among women
Dairy farmers spend their careers wanting more women for their herd while hoping for a boy to carry on the family name. Our Desperate Farmhusband doesn’t feel that way
27 March 2024 Features
Suckler scheme must have farmers on board
The scheme could be used as a means of getting quality data off farms so it needs to be open to as many suckler farmers as possible
20 March 2024 Northern Ireland
Dempsey at Large: the real value of a tonne of wheat
The basic need for farmers to either expand their output or to develop other sources of income to maintain their living standards remain.
20 March 2024 Viewpoints
Colm McCarthy - Green diesel should not be seen as a handout to farmers
The farm organisations should be concerned that the Irish arrangements for green diesel are being characterised as a subsidy to farming.
20 March 2024 Viewpoints
Desperate Farmwife: I think nipple confusion is just my lot in life
Ever try to give a newborn calf a bottle? Our Desperate Farmwife is in the thick of calving season.
20 March 2024 Features
Home Farm: feed bills mount
Looking at our normal silage ground, we have some really heavy infestations of docks.
20 March 2024 Viewpoints
Opinion: inspections protocol is an important breakthrough
Reading the protocol for farm inspections agreed in Wexford has given Pat O'Toole heart - and flashbacks.
16 March 2024 Opinion