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Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan: Is the dairy crisis Coveney’s property crash?

August 3, 2015

As the dairy industry faces into life post quota, and with milk prices in free fall, it is a worrying time for many dairy…

July 29, 2015

We talk about Global Dairy Trade (GDT) auctions a lot in Ireland – maybe it is because of the failure to provide timely…

July 15, 2015

When non-farming people hear of a 13-year-old driving a tractor on a public road, they find it crazy that such situation could arise.…

June 26, 2015

The confirmation of the suspected BSE case in Co. Louth is a blow to the Irish food industry. The initial positive test, which…

June 22, 2015

At last weekend’s Sheep 2015 one factory man quipped that he has no problem sourcing lambs for Monday morning, but it’s a different…