Opinion
The fact that Ireland celebrates 50 years of membership of the European Union (EU), having joined in 1973, gives pause for thought as to what the future of our membership of the EU might hold in terms of policy.
The adult approach of accountability to environmental challenges is that shouting for all activity to stop is not an option.
Will agriculture and food ever recapture selling power so as increase its sustainability...
The current food price inflation debate exposes the superficial non-policy on price...
The current focus on food prices seems to be more about populism than real concern about long-term...
The ever growing shortages of food produce on the shelves of supermarkets in Ireland and the UK are...
The view of farmers and the farming community is, according to the newspaper, the outpourings of the 'farm lobby'.
The year 2022 was a challenging one for the agri sector, but with output prices performing better...
I spoke recently at the IFA Climate Summit about the challenge of getting government to understand the economic importance of the agri-food sector
Agri-Business
The significant impact of the agriculture sector on the Irish economy is being "ignored and dismissed" by government, a food economist said.
Agri output in Ireland increased by over 26% in 2022 with gross output reaching an...
Job creation and industrial development is not just about the multinationals. The very recent...
When talking about inflation, consider first that Ireland exports just over €15 billion worth of...
Video
On this week’s episode of Farmland, Agriland journalist Aisling O’Brien sits down with the IFA’s chief economist Tadhg Buckley to...
There has been a litany of attacks on the agri sector in some of the D4-dominated national media,...
In addition to the human misery inflicted on Ukraine by the Russian invasion, the war has led to a...
There have been plenty of contradictory statements from government about whether Ireland will introduce a form of milk quota.
In this weeks Farmland editor Stella Meehan discusses the CAP and carbon farming with MEP Colm Markey, takes a trip to Dubai to see how Irish produce is rated in the UAE and covers food pricing and inflation with columnists Ciaran Fitzgerald and Richard Halleron.
I have written previously about the disconnect between the ever increasing regulatory costs that the EU Green Deal will impose on Irish agricultural production, and the realities of dominant food retail buying power, driving lower food pricing.
The latest report from the EU Court of Auditors (ECA) was given the full anti-agriculture treatment this week across the mainstream media platforms.
Stability and policy coherence supports long-term investment while confusion and contradiction only undermines it and this applies to farmers.
Ireland's notorious GDP figures, which memorably saw a 25% increase in 2015, are an unreliable indicator of our economic performance
Brexit is real and hasn’t gone away, and new UK trade deals loom with very real impacts for...
