Opinion
Letter to the editor: Ireland must plant more trees
As I sit in my kitchen with what seems like my 50th cup of tea for the day, during our...
Opinion
As I sit in my kitchen with what seems like my 50th cup of tea for the day, during our...
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I refer to a letter to the editor dated 7th October 2020 ‘Origin Green needs to be put out to...
Opinion
I note with dismay that Teagasc are making another foray into the climate change debate; they are promoting their marginal...
Opinion
For well-known historical reasons, Irish farmers have never been found wanting when any deserving charitable cause comes along. Our dairy...
Opinion
Radical politics in Ireland would really mean something if the new Minister of Agriculture, Food and the Marine held a...
Opinion
I read with interest a letter to the editor – dating back to August 11 – with regard to the registration...
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I am requesting that Meat Industry Ireland [MII] confirms that all current employees in the meat processing industry were recruited...
Opinion
I rang Weatherbys last week to find out if they are extending the deadline for breeders registering foals this year,...
Opinion
I refer to the recent letter to the editor about the EU’s Farm to Fork Strategy from Bláth Cooney on August...
Opinion
The recent publication of the EU Farm to Fork Strategy [and Biodiversity Strategy] is significant. However, while the document is...
Opinion
I have read [AgriLand’s] recent interviews with Minister of State Pippa Hackett. These concern me greatly. In particular, I find...
Opinion
The last time around, in the previous Programme for Government, the ‘forgotten farmers’ were promised the sun, moon and stars,...
Opinion
I refer to the recent letter from Gerry Callanan regarding the foal levy. I have been paying it for years. I...
Opinion
Irish breeders have contributed almost €40 million through the foal levy since it was introduced in 2000. What have Irish...
Opinion
We – in the Farmers For Action group – believe that no one can deny that the UK Chancellor of...
Opinion
I would like to highlight to your readers the unfair levy that is charged to breeders of thoroughbred foals. These...
Opinion
The very foundations of Farmers For Action [FFA] depend on avoiding pitching one family farmer against another – no matter where...
Beef
The urgency to appoint a new independent beef regulator to investigate market transparency has been made clear by the content...