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Colm McCarthy: interdependence on climate transition

A more rational economic basis for attributing responsibility for the climate transition between countries and between sectors of the economy is needed.

VIEWPOINTS 9 July 2025

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Food remains relatively cheap despite rise in retail prices

Food remains relatively cheap despite rise in retail prices

NEWS 6 July 2025

Land use options push Czech farmers on

Land use options push Czech farmers on

WORLD 2 July 2025

Total income from farming estimated at £766m

Total income from farming estimated at £766m

Total income from farming estimated at £766m

NORTHERN IRELAND 2 July 2025

Over 30% of tillage farmers earning more than €50,000

Over 30% of tillage farmers earning more than €50,000

Over 30% of tillage farmers earning more than €50,000

NEWS 25 June 2025

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Suckler incomes average €13,547 in Teagasc farm survey

Suckler incomes average €13,547 in Teagasc farm survey

The news comes from the latest national farm survey which represented 31,648 beef farmers.

NEWS 19 March 2025

Dairy incomes more than doubled in 2024

Dairy incomes more than doubled in 2024

Of the 15,131 dairy farmers surveyed, it found that the average family farm income was €108,189, up from around €50,000 last year, but down from 2022’s record of €157,600.

NEWS 19 March 2025

Poultry broilers removed from flat-rate addition scheme

Poultry broilers removed from flat-rate addition scheme

Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe made the decision based on advice provided by the Revenue Commissioners and the Department of Finance that overcompensation is occurring within the sector.

POULTRY 19 March 2025

Department seeking advice on poultry compensation rates

Department seeking advice on poultry compensation rates

The Minister for Agriculture is able to order the destruction and disposal of animals, animal products and feed where it is suspected - or is at risk - of being affected by a disease.

NEWS 19 March 2025

TB summit feedback must be ‘taken seriously’ - ICSA

TB summit feedback must be ‘taken seriously’ - ICSA

The association’s animal health and welfare chair John Barron said that farmers must be recognised as key stakeholders in this process, not as passive recipients of policy.

NEWS 19 March 2025

Gerry Boyle: ten years of catch-up after milk quotas

Gerry Boyle: ten years of catch-up after milk quotas

Quotas hampered our ability to optimise our efficiency, especially in respect of stocking rates and grass utilisation.

VIEWPOINTS 19 March 2025

Dempsey at Large: The United States - a complex ally

Dempsey at Large: The United States - a complex ally

Last week the cattlemen in the United States called again for a fundamental reappraisal of the place of imports of beef from Brazil on the US market.

VIEWPOINTS 19 March 2025

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Netherlands a key market for Irish exports

Phelim O’Neill talks to Laura Crowley, who heads the Bord Bia office in the Netherlands and has lived in the country for 20 years, to find out why and how the Dutch market matters for Irish farmers.

Netherlands a key market for Irish exports

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