Opinion
It’s time we put an end to the leasing of entitlements
The fact that landowners can lease out their entitlements is a symptom of everything that’s wrong with the current Common...
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The fact that landowners can lease out their entitlements is a symptom of everything that’s wrong with the current Common...
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Telling the world that Ireland has some divine right to produce all the milk it wants in the wake of...
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Spring arrives and, as regular as clockwork, land rental charges start to take off like a rocket in Ireland. This...
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The fact that Phil Hogan, Europe’s Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, believes that a proposed 5% cut in the...
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The fact that milk-based drinks have been granted an exemption from the new ‘sugar tax’ on nutritional grounds is a...
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I can’t understand the furore over the decision to extend Electronic Identification (EID) to all sheep. I know there are...
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We now have a pretty good idea of what sort of budget the EU will allocate for the next Common...
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We will soon be calling the Irish dairy industry the ‘Munster dairy industry’ such is the predominance of cow numbers...
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If the UK fails to secure anything less than a comprehensive Brexit agreement with the EU over the coming months,...
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The total uncertainty over the next Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) budget is a boil that must be lanced with immediate...
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Enjoying a day out at the mart is a quintessentially Irish thing to do. It’s on a par with supporting...
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The fodder crisis has brought into focus the absolute hit-and-miss nature of buying baled silage. It’s impossible to gauge the...
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Securing access to the Chinese market is a tremendous achievement for the Irish beef industry. But, in truth, it will...
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The Dail should have debated the fodder crisis some weeks ago, when the extent of the problem had been initially...
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Earlier today, the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed announced the much anticipated opening of the Chinese...
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The last year or so has seen the press filled with stories of elderly farmers killed by freshly-calved cows and...
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The recent confirmation that Ireland will host the 2021 World Potato Congress is good news for a sector that has...
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No doubt the British Prime Minister, Theresa May, told the Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) leadership that she was very aware...