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Opinion: Hard to stay positive, but we’re all in this together
“It’s hard to keep positive, but we’re all in this together.” These are the opening words used by Teagasc’s Michael...
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“It’s hard to keep positive, but we’re all in this together.” These are the opening words used by Teagasc’s Michael...
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The fact that Ireland celebrates 50 years of membership of the European Union (EU), having joined in 1973, gives pause...
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The appointment of a new board at the Livestock and Meat Commission (LMC) is fundamentally important for agriculture as a...
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Irish pig farmers have managed to increase ‘born alive’ rates per litter by 36% over the past 22 years, a...
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A SWOT (strengths weaknesses, opportunities and threats) analysis of Irish dairy towards the end of 2023, I would suggest, highlights...
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Some European Union (EU) politicians must not have given much consideration to the corn flakes they eat for breakfast, given...
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Positive change is impacting on agriculture at an exponential rate. As a consequence, farming is fast-becoming a very exact science....
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Parts of western Denmark received 80mm of rain during the early days of last week. And the impact of the...
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Newly appointed European Commissioner for Climate Action, Wopke Hoekstra and vice-president of the European Commission responsible for the Green Deal,...
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The past few months have clearly confirmed that forage maize is no longer a ‘Cinderella’ crop within Irish agriculture. Despite...
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One of the ideas getting strong traction, as the tillage sector looks to the future, relates to the principle of...
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Giving transport a better score than agriculture on emissions is absurd. The recently published scorecard by environmental non-governmental organisation (NGO),...
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One of the fundamental recommendations that will come from the Food Vision Tillage Group is the need to add value...
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I believe Boortmalt should meet with the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) to discuss the outcome of the 2023 malting barley...
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The decision by the EU this week to signal the end, or at least the possible beginning of the end...
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I would say that the supermarkets are pretty happy with themselves at the present time – living the dream indeed....
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Into the alphabet soup of Irish farming organisations plops the Farmers Alliance (FA). In media briefings, FA spokespersons have said...
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Will agriculture and food ever recapture selling power so as increase its sustainability capability? A major systems fault has pervaded EU and...