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Editorial: is milk price of €1/l possible?
Jack Kennedy
We need to work better and smarter together in Ireland. It’s obviously not just in milk processing.
Editorial: is milk price of €1/l possible?
Editorial: the art of negotiation
9 April 2025 Viewpoints
Editorial: the art of negotiation
It’s a funny world we are living in amid the global trade spat and the impact rests on individuals the world over.
Editorial: calf prices go up
9 April 2025 Viewpoints
Editorial: calf prices go up
Every farm business selling stock over the coming months will need to reassess taxable revenues.
Editorial: crop development progress
It seems crops are in good shape across the country and have good potential.
9 April 2025 Viewpoints
Editorial: easy answer to Trump tariffs - make farming great again
Let’s take the initiative and keep control of what is good for rural Ireland.
2 April 2025 Viewpoints
Editorial: TB stalemate
Managing this disease is costing farmers north and south endless millions, and is also causing significant stress and mental fatigue.
2 April 2025 Viewpoints
Editorial: ten years on from EU milk quotas
So what of the future? Competitive grassland farming remains the best hand of cards.
26 March 2025 Viewpoints
Editorial: Kerry discontent
Cleaning and deepening drains is an everyday occurrence in a county like Kerry. It keeps farms productive.
26 March 2025 Viewpoints
Editorial: Teagasc clover study published
The objective of the review was to establish a roadmap of actions that Teagasc now needs to take to further develop options for a future with less artificial nitrogen.
26 March 2025 Viewpoints
Editorial: concerns over AI companies' intellectual property rights proposal
This industry-wide initiative is more far reaching and fundamental.
26 March 2025 Viewpoints
Editorial: building on nitrates success
We need to fix soil fertility, because this allows better use of all nutrients on farms.
19 March 2025 Viewpoints
Editorial: post-storm help required
With the ash dieback scheme, windblown timber and replanting, we have a huge amount of work ahead.
19 March 2025 Viewpoints