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Dempsey at Large: slurry - a new focus
Matt Dempsey
Not surprisingly with a farm of this size and visibility all the regulations are scrupulously observed.
13 March 2024 Viewpoints
Home Farm: spring work restarts
We are continuing to buy in young cattle as we sell beef out and with the slurry in the slatted houses now reasonably under control, things are more comfortable than they were even 10 days ago.
6 March 2024 Viewpoints
Dempsey at Large: Nature restoration - who pays from what budget?
For the medium term, the aim is to have 20% of the EU land subject to a restoration programme by 2030, and all systems in need of restoration to be in an approved programme by 2050.
Home Farm: Young stores all back in
With last week's rain and a mediocre forecast, it will still be some time before we can get out on the crops.
6 March 2024 Viewpoints
Dempsey at Large: Not just in Ireland
UK farmers have always been slow to protest as disruptively as on the continent, but the underlying factors are the same.
28 February 2024 Viewpoints
Home Farm: change of tillage plans
Even if we don’t get to sow the spring barley until 1 May, we can still be confident of getting a crop that’s usable as either arable silage or as usable grain and straw.
28 February 2024 Viewpoints
Dempsey at Large: what should a modern CAP look like?
While an emergency grouping to advise the Commission has been set up, more is needed.
21 February 2024 Viewpoints
Home Farm: time for essential spring work slipping by
Every day in the shed is money out and a diminishing pit of silage
21 February 2024 Viewpoints
Dempsey at Large: a tribute to John Bruton
John Bruton: the enormous attendance at the State funeral from a wide spectrum of the community, conveyed the huge respect and admiration in which he was held.
14 February 2024 Viewpoints
Dempsey at Large: How to reshape the CAP for European farmers
To reframe fundamental policy is not easy, but it is clear that a basic reappraisal of European agricultural and environmental policy is needed.
7 February 2024 Viewpoints
Home Farm: Slurry and daffodils
Drainage - a year like this throws up evidence of where the problems are.
7 February 2024 Viewpoints
Home Farm: Disappointing forward grain prices
There is clearly a commitment to maintaining beans as a crop in the Irish mix, and we have a big field ready for ploughing and sowing.
31 January 2024 Viewpoints