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Home Farm: clear of TB, but lacking in rain

The visible gap between the Bord Bia benchmark price and Irish farmer returns raises really basic questions on the operating model of the Irish beef industry.

VIEWPOINTS 13 May 2026

Home Farm: clear of TB, but lacking in rain

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Colm McCarthy: strengthening Ireland's energy security

Colm McCarthy: strengthening Ireland's energy security

VIEWPOINTS 13 May 2026

Dempsey at Large: the co-op share dilemma

Dempsey at Large: the co-op share dilemma

VIEWPOINTS 13 May 2026

FMD in China is a haunting echo of the African swine fever crisis

FMD in China is a haunting echo of the African swine fever crisis

FMD in China is a haunting echo of the African swine fever crisis

VIEWPOINTS 13 May 2026

Suckler numbers fall short of expectations

Suckler numbers fall short of expectations

Suckler numbers fall short of expectations

NORTHERN IRELAND 13 May 2026

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Opinion: proposed CAP will squeeze the squeezed middle more

Opinion: proposed CAP will squeeze the squeezed middle more

As the days of reckoning for CAP grow closer, the European Commission's focus on "active farmers" is bad news for the drystock sector.

OPINION 29 April 2026

Colm McCarthy: Amid uncertainty, prudent progress is needed

Colm McCarthy: Amid uncertainty, prudent progress is needed

The last few years have seen a persistent pattern of failure to deliver on budget-day limits on spending, themselves generous, alongside a steady dripfeed of tax giveaways.

VIEWPOINTS 29 April 2026

Dempsey at Large: Results season underway

Dempsey at Large: Results season underway

It wasn’t surprising that the Glanbia AGM, held in the FBD Killashee Hotel, finished in record time.

VIEWPOINTS 29 April 2026

Home Farm: Catching up during dry spell

Home Farm: Catching up during dry spell

Out in the fields, a neighbour with a high clearance, self-propelled sprayer did our oilseed rape for scleritinia.

VIEWPOINTS 29 April 2026

No appetite for NI farm carbon audits

No appetite for NI farm carbon audits

There has been a significant kick-back from farmers against the prospect of carbon audits.

NORTHERN IRELAND 29 April 2026

Colm McCarthy: hauliers unlikely allies for farm organisations

Colm McCarthy: hauliers unlikely allies for farm organisations

The farm tractors do very little mileage, while the truckers do a lot, far more than the average of 15,000 kilometres per annum of private motorists.

VIEWPOINTS 29 April 2026

Dempsey at Large: food self-sufficiency policies

Dempsey at Large: food self-sufficiency policies

Europe on the other hand has steadily traded access to its food market at the expense of its own farmers, but in the interest of access for its own products and services.

VIEWPOINTS 29 April 2026

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New Zealand dairy tech open day to take place on Laois farm

Irish dairy farmers will have the opportunity to see the latest technologies from New Zealand at an on-farm open day at Camcloon Dairy, Ballyfin, Co Laois, on Tuesday 19 May 2026 from 10am.

New Zealand dairy tech open day to take place on Laois farm

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