Agri-Business
Every agricultural show should have its own food village
Irish Shows Association President Jim Harrison is calling on all agricultural show societies to include a food village as part...
Agri-Business
Irish Shows Association President Jim Harrison is calling on all agricultural show societies to include a food village as part...
Opinion
Let’s be clear about this: the European Union helped cause the current outbreak of ‘trade embargo’ related hostilities between Russia...
Opinion
I was recently involved in a discussion with a small group of west of Ireland dairy farmers. While delighted with...
Opinion
I had the good fortune to travel from Dublin to Zurich with Swissair recently. From the time you get on...
Opinion
Last week saw the European Commission publish a report, highlighting the growth of the EU’s organic sector. I think, however,...
Dairy
Milk price is seldom mentioned on our farm as the sole aim of the business is to operate at low...
Opinion
The days are over when calling farmers out on to the streets serves any useful purpose. At one level, the...
Opinion
When one examines the Irish liquid milk market some interesting facts emerge. Gone are the days of buying a pint...
Dairy
A point overlooked, certainly in this country, in the aftermath of last week’s EU Farm Council Meeting was a call...
Opinion
I sense that the coming weeks will see the old corn-versus-horn debate re-visited as cereal growers complain bitterly about the...
Dairy
Dairy expansion came to mind recently and I began to compile a list of families I know who had went into...
Opinion
I called in with a very good friend of mine a few days ago, only to find him driving his...
Opinion
Trust has broken down between the factories and Irish beef farmers. This is a clear fact, alluded to in today’s...
Beef
Today was definitely a good day for those involved in organic farming. Currently, in Ireland, there are over 100,000 farmers with...
Opinion
I read a opinion piece recently lambasting the European attitude to genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and the ignorance about science....
N.Ireland
Northern Ireland Farm Minister Michelle O’Neill has kept to her word and delivered a CAP deal for Northern Ireland that...
Opinion
The word ‘transparency’ is one that is used by the IFA on an almost daily basis. For the past number of...
Beef
Emotions were running high in the tent used to host the forum discussion at the Beef 2014 event, held at...