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BASF must compensate farmers following its 'vitamins’ debacle
How come BASF was allowed to develop a 40% share of the EU’s vitamins market, where the production of animal...
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How come BASF was allowed to develop a 40% share of the EU’s vitamins market, where the production of animal...
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Confirmation of the two new production incentives announced last week by Dale Farm is further evidence of the growing production...
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The last two years have seen the milk sector monopolise the issue of volatility and the need to come up...
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Congratulations to Patrick Kent on his re-election as president of the Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association (ICSA). Over the...
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DAIRY-UK’s man in Northern Ireland Dr. Mike Johnston is predicting that insurance-based systems will form part of the support mix...
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In all the euphoria of the last few days, it seems to have been overlooked that it was former Taoiseach...
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The run-up to Christmas is normally the time when Irish supermarkets go for broke and slash fresh produce prices. Invariably,...
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There seems to have been universal welcome for this week’s adoption of the new Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) Omnibus Regulations...
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It hasn’t gone unnoticed that the EU Commission is striving to offload its intervention milk powder stocks onto commercial markets...
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This month sees outgoing Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers Association (ICMSA) president, John Comer, move on to the next phase of...
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It is my strongly held belief that ploughing should be included in future Olympic Games’ schedules. I am not being...
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Did you hear the one about the poor Kerry dairy farmer looking for a ’13th milk payment’ top-up from his...
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The glyphosate issue seems to buck the trend when it comes to our farm industry leaders proclaiming that Irish agriculture...
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This week has seen the EU commit to refunding farmers a total of €433 million, which was withdrawn from the...
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This week’s Oireachtas report on the future of Irish tillage was extremely timely. However, in my opinion, it failed to...
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Why do so many Irish dairy farmers have a problem with autumn-calving? According to the most recent figures published by...
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By John McHugh, dairy farmer, Portlaoise, Co. Laois In recent weeks we saw two prominent MEPs – Mairead McGuinness and...
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This week’s heavy rain and cold temperatures have, most definitely, drawn down the curtain on the 2017 silage season. In...