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Editorial: dairy markets - Ornua boringly good or lacking a spark?
Jack Kennedy
For years we have been talking about sweating the Kerrygold brand more – extending it, scaling it, and reinventing it.
Editorial: dairy markets - Ornua boringly good or lacking a spark?
Dempsey at Large: Remembering Denis Lucey, a key figure in agriculture
16 April 2025 Viewpoints
Dempsey at Large: Remembering Denis Lucey, a key figure in agriculture
Denis Lucey was best known as the first chief executive of Dairygold
Home Farm: BISS form submitted
16 April 2025 Viewpoints
Home Farm: BISS form submitted
On the cattle side, at long last we can operate the technology to see the Commercial beef value of the cattle we have on the place.
Colm McCarthy: Little revision in planning framework
No local authority, especially the four in the Dublin area, has any practical incentive to encourage residential development.
16 April 2025 Viewpoints
Editorial: climate change - new climate technologies essential for farming
Ireland could face up to €26bn in fines unless more investment is carried out now to help reduce emissions.
16 April 2025 Viewpoints
GAEC 2 and BISS causing angst and confusion
Many farmers and planners seem totally unaware of what peatland plots are included or not.
16 April 2025 Viewpoints
Editorial: is milk price of €1/l possible?
We need to work better and smarter together in Ireland. It’s obviously not just in milk processing.
9 April 2025 Viewpoints
Home Farm: Area aid form and maps arrive
The cereals, wheat, barley and oats have all got nitrogen and growth regulator and despite the dry weather have visibly responded to the top dressing.
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.
9 April 2025 Viewpoints
Editorial: calf prices go up
Every farm business selling stock over the coming months will need to reassess taxable revenues.
9 April 2025 Viewpoints
Editorial: crop development progress
It seems crops are in good shape across the country and have good potential.
9 April 2025 Viewpoints
Colm McCarthy: Trump's tariffs
The remedy is in the hands of the US administration, which could unilaterally bring the Irish revenue bonanza to an end.
9 April 2025 Viewpoints