Opinion

Calls for database to be set up for private windblow timber removals

While the lack of a national data base on windblow progress is a negative, there are positives as individual organisations interviewed are promoting various initiatives.

OPINION 3 June 2026

Calls for database to be set up for private windblow timber removals

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Colm McCarthy: Ireland’s aviation success story

Colm McCarthy: Ireland’s aviation success story

VIEWPOINTS 3 June 2026

Over £20m spent on BVD tissue tagging

Over £20m spent on BVD tissue tagging

NORTHERN IRELAND 3 June 2026

Carol Barrett: 'our business is no different from a family farm'

Carol Barrett: 'our business is no different from a family farm'

Carol Barrett: 'our business is no different from a family farm'

NEWS 27 May 2026

'Why do we keep harping on about seasonal eating?

'Why do we keep harping on about seasonal eating?

'Why do we keep harping on about seasonal eating?

NEWS 27 May 2026

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Desperate Farmhusband: ‘basking in the glow of solar power'

Desperate Farmhusband: ‘basking in the glow of solar power'

Our Desperate Farmhusband is basking in the glow of solar power and early morning birdsong after what has been a stressful few weeks.

FEATURES 23 May 2026

Dempsey at Large: challenges ahead for European agriculture

Dempsey at Large: challenges ahead for European agriculture

While membership of the EU offers huge protection for Ireland, Simon Coveney was clear that those who are calling for Irish farm output to be reduced are guilty of flawed thinking.

VIEWPOINTS 23 May 2026

Home Farm: missing silage weather and Bord Bia levies in focus

Home Farm: missing silage weather and Bord Bia levies in focus

As the wet spring dragged on, we grazed pretty well all the ground intended for silage with the result that we closed everything up later than the ideal.

VIEWPOINTS 23 May 2026

China’s ‘beef or bust’ diplomacy squeezes Brazilian beef exporters

China’s ‘beef or bust’ diplomacy squeezes Brazilian beef exporters

China absorbs roughly 60% of Brazil’s beef export revenues, making even localised friction a focal point for global commodities traders.

VIEWPOINTS 23 May 2026

Colm McCarthy: inflation myths?

Colm McCarthy: inflation myths?

Constant complaints in Dáil debates about the crushing increase in food prices also miss the point.

VIEWPOINTS 23 May 2026

Plethora of charges at slaughter in NI

Plethora of charges at slaughter in NI

A number of the deductions at slaughter are set to increase from 1 June 2026.

NORTHERN IRELAND 23 May 2026

Opinion: there's little sign of urgency in EU's fertiliser action plan

Opinion: there's little sign of urgency in EU's fertiliser action plan

While less than half of Galway west and Dublin central vote, what do we take from the EU's Fertiliser Action Plan?

OPINION 23 May 2026

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Kubota’s M6001 Utility series – the competent all-rounder

With power outputs from 104hp up to 143hp, the five-model M6001 Utility series of tractors from Kubota is the cost-sensitive successor to the proven MGX range

Kubota’s M6001 Utility series – the competent all-rounder

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