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The case for a rise in milk prices is 'rock solid'
The case for an increase in farm-gate milk prices is incontestable. We have just had the sixth successive hike in...
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The case for an increase in farm-gate milk prices is incontestable. We have just had the sixth successive hike in...
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By Pippa Hackett, an organic farmer based near Geashill in Co. Offaly, and the Green Party Spokesperson on Agriculture It will...
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Those familiar with Greek mythology will be fully aware of the vulnerability of Achilles and his heel. The Greek hero,...
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Donald Trump’s decision to pull the United States out of the Paris Climate Change Agreement poses a very stark question...
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Colm McCarthy’s belief that maintaining trade links with Northern Ireland should be made a poor second to the ‘Holy Grail’...
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By Gary Lanigan from Teagasc’s Soils, Environment and Land-Use Programme, Johnstown Castle, Co. Wexford. The facts are simple, but the solutions are...
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I feel it is safe to say that vegans would not have survived had they been around a few thousand years...
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I was asked to speak at a farmers’ meeting in Co. Longford some months ago, ostensibly to discuss my then...
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By John McHugh, dairy farmer, Portlaoise, Co. Laois Many farmers have and continue to invest heavily in building the phosphorous...
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By Luke Ming Flanagan, MEP (Member of the European Parliament) for the Midlands–North-West constituency Is there any accountability within the...
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By John McHugh, dairy farmer, Portlaoise, Co. Laois The importance of grassland to the Irish livestock farmer is well recognised,...
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I am not a veterinary surgeon but I feel I have the right to query why Northern Ireland remains in Avian...
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ICSA President Patrick Kent was in fine form on last Saturday’s RTE Countywide programme with Damien O’Reilly. He was responding...
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By John McHugh, dairy farmer, Portlaoise, Co. Laois Recently, soil scientists from Rothemsted Research in the UK, and Wageningen University...
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EU Agriculture Commissioner Phil Hogan made two extremely important observations during his speech to this week’s IFA Brexit conference in Co....
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The results of the last two Global Dairy Trade (GDT) events should give reassurance to farmers that milk prices will...
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Why did the British Prime Minister Theresa May press the button on a general election this week? There are no...
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Let’s face it, beef farming in Ireland has gone through a difficult spell and unfortunately, with the uncertainty of Brexit...