Opinion
Opinion: Cereal growers count the cost of autumn’s heavy rains
It’s now obvious that last autumn’s heavy rains have dealt a hammer blow to many Irish cereal growers, who planted...
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It’s now obvious that last autumn’s heavy rains have dealt a hammer blow to many Irish cereal growers, who planted...
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The year 2022 was a challenging one for the agri sector, but with output prices performing better than expected, the...
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Speculation is growing that Brazil’s agri-business sector was supportive of the attempted coup d’état in that country last week. This...
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I spoke recently at the Irish Farmers’ Association’s (IFA’s) Climate Summit about the challenge of getting government and the body...
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I attended a recent Irish Grain Growers’ Group (IGGG) meeting, at which, the issue of Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) entitlements...
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It was pointed out to me by a number of people over Christmas that the shortened form of Climate Action...
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For the most part, it has been a good year for Irish agriculture with most farmers looking back on 2022...
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The humble brussels sprout is a ‘take it or leave it’ Christmas vegetable for many people. Personally, I love them....
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The Christmas narrative, with its focus on the birth of Jesus in a stable, speaks volumes of the traditional role...
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The Climate Action Plan confirmed for agriculture earlier this week represents a good news story for an industry that has...
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The need to improve record-keeping and benchmarking services across the entire farming spectrum is blindingly obvious. Running a business today...
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Agri output in Ireland increased by over 26% in 2022 with gross output reaching an unprecedented level of €12.1 billion, according...
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One of the most surreal events that yours truly has ever attended as a journalist was a press conference, hosted...
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The figures speak for themselves. Back in 2013, Irish potato consumption levels had dropped to 100,000t/yr and were projected, back...
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When considering avian influenza (bird flu), I thought back to a group of virologists who recently reflected on the steps...
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Too many column inches have been dedicated over recent weeks to the closing dates for the myriad farming schemes recently...
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Congratulations to the Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) for hosting a tremendously successful ‘carbon and beyond’ conference during the past...
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Job creation and industrial development is not just about the multinationals. The very recent and very worrying trend of lay...