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Dempsey at Large: Variable incomes
Matt Dempsey
The original CAP, with its guaranteed intervention prices and export refunds, was designed to prevent severe fluctuations.
4 December 2024 News
Farm incomes set to rise in 2025
Teagasc's outlook for the coming year anticipates a rise in farm income in beef, sheep, dairy and tillage.
4 December 2024 News
Dairy farm incomes to reach over €110,000
The income figures are dependent on a return to normal weather conditions and grass growth.
Editorial: positive sounds on 2025 margins emerge
The Teagasc Outlook conference for 2025 pointed towards some positivity on farm income front, although after a challenging 2023.
4 December 2024 Editorial
£13m operating profit at Dunbia UK
The company is a leading processor of both beef and lamb across the UK
20 November 2024 Northern Ireland
Comment: beef finishing farms slow to go organic
Adam Woods takes a look at real issues in the organic beef finishing sector.
23 October 2024 Markets
Dempsey at Large: Irish beef transparency
It seems extraordinary that State grants for plant upgrading and marketing can be given with no public accountability on how the profits arising from how the extra profits are spent.
16 October 2024 Viewpoints
Hefty fees to hear about dairy beef in Teagasc
The Dealer notices a big charge for this week’s dairy beef conference in Wexford.
16 October 2024 Dealer
IFA’s economist calls on government to tackle ‘broken’ food value chain
Ireland's food prices have not moved in line with other EU member states over the past two decades, farmers heard at an IFA meeting on Monday.
25 September 2024 News
Profits take a hit at Leprino Foods UK
The company specialises in the production of mozzarella cheese, with a site outside Magheralin.
18 September 2024 Northern Ireland
Editorial: prudent spending visible at Ploughing
Prudent spending applies to farmers just as much as it applies to Minister for Finance Jack Chambers.
18 September 2024 Viewpoints
Farm profitability hammered in 2023
Updated data from the CSO last year was the worst for farm incomes in a generation .
4 September 2024 News