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Home Farm: watching the winter barley
Matt Dempsey
I have had one diagnosis of rhynchosporium on the winter barley, brought on I presume because of a delay in applying a protective spray with the continuous wet weather.
Home Farm: watching the winter barley
Dempsey at Large: Tirlán's role in Glanbia plc
8 May 2024 Viewpoints
Dempsey at Large: Tirlán's role in Glanbia plc
Does it matter that over 30% of Glanbia's shareholders formally voted against the company’s remuneration policies?
Chinese farmers dump milk amid financial losses
8 May 2024 Viewpoints
Chinese farmers dump milk amid financial losses
Culling cows was a first and easy step, but the price has bottomed out for culled cows and for many farms that are highly leveraged, having invested at the peak, the losses are significant.
NI farmer resilience has been fully tested
Farmers have just come through one of the most difficult periods of prolonged wet weather.
8 May 2024 Northern Ireland
Colm McCarthy: can Ireland become a large-scale exporter of electricity?
Across the Mediterranean, north African countries are eyeing up export opportunities for solar, as have locations in the Middle East.
8 May 2024 Viewpoints
Opinion: Brazil needs to be supported in its sustainability journey
Brazil needs to be supported in its sustainability journey, not criticised, writes Nuffield scholar Niall Hurson.
4 May 2024 Opinion
Kerrygold battles heat up in North America
Will the new CEO of Ornua, Conor Galvin, formerly CEO of Dairygold, have the same appetite for competing brands when he sits in the Ornua hot seat?
1 May 2024 Viewpoints
Ireland's offshore wind potential
Ireland already has expensive electricity by European standards.
1 May 2024 Viewpoints
Setting climate targets was easy for politicians
Various devolved governments have their own climate targets, with the most ambitious being set in Scotland.
1 May 2024 Northern Ireland
Home Farm: what a difference a week of dry weather makes
On the cattle side, this has been the first time this year that we have been able to get out on the grazed paddocks without leaving unacceptable tracks.
1 May 2024 Viewpoints
Dempsey at Large: a blueprint for European farming
Process may be important, but if it doesn’t deal with crunch issues, it is of little real value.
1 May 2024 Viewpoints
Colm McCarthy: how many airports is enough?
Some countries subsidise regional airports for understandable reasons – the Scottish and Greek islands or the remote Arctic provinces of Scandinavia are examples.
24 April 2024 Viewpoints