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That was the year that was 2024
The Dealer
Twenty-twenty four turned out to be an interesting year in farming- aren't they all?
21 December 2024 Farmer Writes
Farmer Writes: inheritance tax change a looming disaster
Labour leader Keir Starmer is obviously a very intelligent man but has a total lack of charisma and judgement, writes Joe Collingborn.
11 December 2024 Markets
Mercosur deal ratification all down to politics
Adam Woods takes a look at what happens next with the controversial Mercosur trade deal.
Listen: is Mercosur a done deal or can it be stopped?
The Irish Farmers Journal team debates whether the Mercosur deal will forge ahead or be derailed - and we talk to Charlie McConalogue and Martin Heydon about politics at home and in Europe.
10 December 2024 News
Brussels protest: Mercosur a 'red-line issue' for government formation
Adam Woods reports from Brussels, where a flash protest on the Mercosur trade deal took place on Monday morning.
9 December 2024 News
Editorial: when the votes are counted
'When the votes are counted, those politicians that have thrown stones at each other will have to muddle together to come up with a coalition government'.
27 November 2024 Editorial
Running start: the women hoping to make a change
As gender quotas increase for next week’s general election, three candidates share their reasons for going forward for the Dáil, writes Jacqueline Hogge.
20 November 2024 Features
Rural Affairs: traditional canvassing the key to securing rural votes
Treading the highways and byways of rural Ireland, two canvassers speak of their approach to harnessing votes now that the General Election 2024 campaign is under way, writes Jacqueline Hogge.
13 November 2024 Features
€350/suckler cow among Fianna Fáil’s election promises to farmers
Fianna Fáil outlined that if it was returned to government, it would approve €300m over five years to expand the tillage sector.
11 November 2024 News
Swiss farms ‘at standstill’ on environmental progress
Environmental progress in Switzerland is not fast enough to catch up with the huge problems we have, a sociologist specialising in agroecology in Switzerland has said.
6 November 2024 News
General election: main coalition partners dominate farmer support
Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil continue to gain the lion's share of support from the over 1,000 farmers surveyed in advance of the 2024 election.
6 November 2024 News
Opinion: message from farmers is best delivered on farm
While there was good engagement between young farmers and Government at the Macra conference in Naas, the real beef was delivered on the associated farm walks.
26 October 2024 Opinion