Opinion
Food Harvest 2020 has come and gone and all the ambitions that were talked between the then Minster for Agriculture,...
In 2019 the food and drinks industry made history; I suspect due to innovation supported by science. At the beginning...
I would like to bring to your attention the recent press release that the Beef Plan Movement circulated following discussion...
There is widespread acknowledgement that there is a crisis in Irish forestry. However, the Forest Service does not seem to...
The body representing the lrish greyhound industry recently gave itself a new name – Rásaíocht Con Éireann. An organisation’s name...
A motion calling for an end to state funding of the greyhound industry has provoked a predictable backlash from some...
Weatherbys in Naas controls the registration of Irish thoroughbreds so, as a breeder, I have to put up with whatever...
Agri Politics
As citizens of Ireland, in line with public health advice issued by NPHET [National Public Health Emergency Team], and adopted...
As I sit in my kitchen with what seems like my 50th cup of tea for the day, during our...
The latest restrictions under level five where a person cannot go into the ringside to bid on an animal is...
I refer to a letter to the editor dated 7th October 2020 ‘Origin Green needs to be put out to...
As the evidence accumulates of the growing negative environmental impacts of Irish ruminant-based agricultural intensification, it is now time for...
I note with dismay that Teagasc are making another foray into the climate change debate; they are promoting their marginal...
For well-known historical reasons, Irish farmers have never been found wanting when any deserving charitable cause comes along. Our dairy...
I watched with interest the first two episodes of ‘What Planet Are You On’ on RTÉ. While I welcome the...
Farmers For Action (FFA) has been receiving complaints from pig farmers supplying Cranswick Country Foods at Cullybackey (Co. Antrim) in...
More red tape to keep the farmers down – the latest letters sent out to farmers informing them if their...
Agri-Business
Bord Bia and the Department of Agriculture have proposed a new Irish grass-fed beef PGI for submission to the EU...
