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The European Union needs to curtail milk output
It’s now obvious that some steps will need to be put in place to control milk output across the European...
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It’s now obvious that some steps will need to be put in place to control milk output across the European...
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It makes no sense at all for Ireland to expel a Russian diplomat, irrespective of what happened recently in England....
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Heartiest congratulations must go to Butchery Excellence Team Ireland, the members of which came out tops at the recent World...
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The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) celebrates its centenary at a time of great flux for agriculture. But one could argue...
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Whatever the plants are paying for Easter lamb this year, I can say with total confidence that it will not...
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I find it staggering that all of the main crop yields, including potatoes, increased last year. Despite all of the...
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This weekend will be the busiest so far on Irish farms and rural roads in 2018. Over the past couple...
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Energy crops, such as miscanthus and fast-growing poplars, should have no role to play within Ireland’s land use management plans...
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Members of the general public would be pretty taken aback, I would assume, if it was pointed out to them...
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The anticipation of an early spring has totally receded in most parts of the country, leaving many farmers with the...
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The news that the Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) has reached an agreement with the Northern Ireland Meat Exporters Association (NIMEA)...
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Fine Gael Member of the European Parliament (MEP), Sean Kelly, seems confident that the EU’s Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural...
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I am fast coming to the conclusion that Irish farmers are sitting on a mountain of animal disease and health-related...
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Glanbia could have held off for at least another month in deciding to reduce farmgate milk prices. And, of course,...
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Hats off to all those farm contractors who did a truly heroic job in helping to keep Ireland’s rural road...
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Given the weather forecast for the next few days, I think it’s reasonable to predict that St. Patrick will not...
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Back in 2014, when Russia introduced an import ban on most EU food imports, Brussels reacted by putting in place...
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Consumers went into panic mode when it became obvious that last week’s cold spell was going to have an impact...