Opinion
Every farm business should receive a CAP advance payment
All of the farming organisations rightly welcomed the decision by the Minister of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed,...
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All of the farming organisations rightly welcomed the decision by the Minister of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed,...
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Re-establishing a sugar beet industry in Ireland is the height of folly. That horse bolted 10 years ago. Yes, quotas...
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The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Micheal Creed, should never have been made to look foolish regarding the...
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The following statement might be akin to the old adage of ‘teaching grandmother to suck eggs’, but straw – irrespective...
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The outworking of the EU Water Framework Directive (WFD) is about to hit the Irish dairy sector for six, unless...
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I sat in on two environmental conferences during the month of September. Both events saw numerous speakers endorse the principles...
Opinion
It looks like it could be a very long winter for livestock producers in the west. The spells of very...
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Copa & Cogeca has elected a new Animal Health and Welfare Working Party Chairman. Miguel Angel Higuera says his top...
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It’s amazing what a casual conversation at the recent National Ploughing Championships can throw up. A case in point was...
Opinion
Forget Brexit: the real challenge facing the Irish livestock industry over the coming months will be that of ensuring that...
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I had the IFA’s National Poultry Chairman Nigel Renaghan on with me earlier this week, claiming that his sector has...
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The coming days will see the best part of 300,000 people head for Tullamore to take in the sights and...
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I couldn’t quite see where Irish Cattle and Sheep Association (ICSA) President Patrick Kent was coming from earlier this week...
Agri-Business
With Brexit looming, Ireland needs to broaden its horizons on the global food market. Instead of being an island at...
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Last week’s official opening of the new €40 million expansion of Lakeland Dairies’ milk powder operations is further evidence of the...
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Earlier this week I heard of a potato grower in Co. Antrim who has lost almost 100ac of crop to...
Opinion
It turns out that contractors are now being actively pursued to sort out debt on kit that was purchased over...
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I am not sure where Ireland stands in terms of developing a coherent strategy regarding the future use of antibiotics...