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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?
Editorial: climate change - new climate technologies essential for farming
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.
GAEC 2 and BISS causing angst and confusion
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.
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
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
Editorial: easy answer to Trump tariffs - make farming great again
Let’s take the initiative and keep control of what is good for rural Ireland.
2 April 2025 Viewpoints
Editorial: TB stalemate
Managing this disease is costing farmers north and south endless millions, and is also causing significant stress and mental fatigue.
2 April 2025 Viewpoints
Editorial: ten years on from EU milk quotas
So what of the future? Competitive grassland farming remains the best hand of cards.
26 March 2025 Viewpoints
Editorial: Kerry discontent
Cleaning and deepening drains is an everyday occurrence in a county like Kerry. It keeps farms productive.
26 March 2025 Viewpoints
Editorial: Teagasc clover study published
The objective of the review was to establish a roadmap of actions that Teagasc now needs to take to further develop options for a future with less artificial nitrogen.
26 March 2025 Viewpoints