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Editorial: matching political theatre to farming reality
Jack Kennedy
Our Department of Agriculture published a suite of proposed additional measures for the fifth Nitrates Action Programme
Editorial: matching political theatre to farming reality
Expert tips on ideal shed design
6 November 2024 Viewpoints
Expert tips on ideal shed design
Winter Focus: compulsory reading if you are designing or planning a new shed.
Editorial: no guarantees on Brazilian beef imports
6 November 2024 Viewpoints
Editorial: no guarantees on Brazilian beef imports
The report from the European Commission shows Brazil cannot prove its beef supplied to the EU market is not treated with Oestradiol 17.
Editorial: is the suckler game back in focus?
Cow price is one thing, but weanling price is an even better gauge of where the suckler game is.
30 October 2024 Viewpoints
Editorial: real rural issues in our content
Our content must reflect the real issues affecting families in rural Ireland.
30 October 2024 Viewpoints
Editorial: potato yield well back year on year
The industry view is that the potato yield will be back 15% to 20%.
30 October 2024 Viewpoints
Editorial: milk world order changing fast
The very concept of grass-fed butter is being challenged head on. A tightening of the nitrates rules is forcing Irish milk suppliers to feed more silage and purchased concentrate.
23 October 2024 Viewpoints
Editorial: organic finishers required
It’s hard enough to get a return on conventional beef without a guaranteed market – it is even harder with organic beef.
23 October 2024 Viewpoints
French lessons to be had for sheep trade
They target expensive meal at young, growing lambs for a short period and grow high-protein crops with little inputs on land, that traditionally dries out in the summer.
23 October 2024 Viewpoints
Editorial: can grazing adapt to climate change?
There are still only 2,700 farmers recording more than 25 weekly measurements across the year.
16 October 2024 Viewpoints
Editorial: new tractor sales back 13%
It is clear all farmers are holding back on purchasing, not alone tractors but other investments also, until they get some clarity and vision on where businesses can go.
16 October 2024 Viewpoints
Dairy-beef gross margin - 1,000 not 500
Teagasc Grange researcher Nicky Byrne called out the margin from dairy-beef as a key determinant of keeping farmers rearing dairy-beef.
16 October 2024 Viewpoints