Matt Dempsey

mdempsey@farmersjournal.ie

Dempsey at Large: TB control - more of the same

The chickens are now coming home to roost, with an incredible €158 million allocated to the programme in the recent budget, an astonishing €20 for every cow, bullock and calf in the country.

VIEWPOINTS 3 December 2025

Dempsey at Large: TB control - more of the same

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Home Farm: starting our solar journey

Home Farm: starting our solar journey

VIEWPOINTS 3 December 2025

Dempsey at Large: ingredients for EU food and drink exports

Dempsey at Large: ingredients for EU food and drink exports

VIEWPOINTS 26 November 2025

Home Farm: a blip or a trend?

Home Farm: a blip or a trend?

Home Farm: a blip or a trend?

VIEWPOINTS 26 November 2025

Dempsey at Large: the slippery slope continues

Dempsey at Large: the slippery slope continues

Dempsey at Large: the slippery slope continues

VIEWPOINTS 19 November 2025

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Home Farm: avoidance of compaction key

Home Farm: avoidance of compaction key

The key I am convinced, apart from draining obvious wet areas, is to avoid compaction during the sowing season.

VIEWPOINTS 29 October 2025

Dempsey at Large: Carbon farming - potential or reality?

Dempsey at Large: Carbon farming - potential or reality?

There is scope to develop the concept of carbon farming where it can provide an income stream for farmers.

VIEWPOINTS 29 October 2025

Home Farm: saturated soil makes grazing difficult

Home Farm: saturated soil makes grazing difficult

If the rain continues we will have to consider housing everything, though that would eat into our silage supplies and affect our store buying programme in the spring

VIEWPOINTS 29 October 2025

Dempsey at Large: Changes in prospect

Dempsey at Large: Changes in prospect

Farmers, under the new CAP, are going to depend to an increasing amount on Dublin rather than Brussels

VIEWPOINTS 29 October 2025

Home Farm: Grass growth and slugs

Home Farm: Grass growth and slugs

All the wheat is now above ground with the tramlines becoming more visible by the day.

VIEWPOINTS 29 October 2025

Home Farm: picture perfect winter barley

Home Farm: picture perfect winter barley

At this stage I am not sure whether we will apply an aphicide to the more barley yellow dwarf virus vulnerable variety.

VIEWPOINTS 29 October 2025

Dempsey at Large: agriculture out on a limb

Dempsey at Large: agriculture out on a limb

If we are serious about generational renewal in Irish farming, as distinct from normal generational shifts in land ownership, then the most basic reappraisal of policy has to take place.

VIEWPOINTS 29 October 2025

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ESB Networks publishes farm safety booklet to support safer working environments

ESB Networks has released its updated farm safety booklet, a practical guide designed to help farmers, contractors and rural communities stay safe while working around electricity.

ESB Networks publishes farm safety booklet to support safer working environments

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