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Budget 2027: Main implications for the Irish agri-sector
This month, Ciaran Fitzgerald peruses the main farming-related and agri-business components of...
Forestry sector: strengths, challenges, and prospects
The forestry sector in Ireland is often described as key or core, not only in terms of its impact...
The future direction of Irish agriculture
Agri-food economist, Ciaran Fitzgerald, asks whether the future of Irish agriculture will take...
Agriculture’s economic impact is undervalued
Ireland’s agri-food sector needs to actively communicate its economic prowess and its future...
Future-proofing the Irish beef sector
Agri-food economist, Ciaran Fitzgerald explores whether EU policy aligns price and Common...
Irish dairy industry challenges
Agri-food economist, Ciaran FitzGerald continues his analysis of the Irish dairy sector, in the...
Irish dairy industry challenges
Ciaran FitzgeraldAgri-food economist
As I indicated previously, it is important to recognise...
Whither the Irish dairy sector?
In the first of a three-part series on the continuing evolution of the Irish dairy sector,...
EU-India trade deal, good; Mercosur bad
The above headline is the summation of agri-food economist, Ciaran Fitzgerald’s view of recent...
How do we break out of the cheap food spiral?
Agri-food economist, Ciaran Fitzgerald, asks whether the recent additional powers given to the...
Positive long-term outlook for Irish Agriculture
As we enter the second quarter of the 21st century, agri-food economist, Ciaran Fitzgerald...
Food price inflation realities
In his column this month, agri-food economist, Ciaran Fitzgerald, examines some of the realities...
Long-term Decline in the National Herd
‘Will rising beef prices reverse the long-term decline in Irish cattle numbers?’, asks agri-food...
A missed opportunity?
Agri-food economist, Ciaran Fitzgerald, exposes a major contradiction in the role that Ireland’s...
Tariffs and turmoil
This month, agri-food economist Ciaran Fitzgerald criticises what he regards as a severely flawed...
Decarbonisation requires price support
When the Irish energy-supply companies were confronted with the challenge of moving away from...
Food Harvest – the original and best?
This month, Ciaran Fitzgerald takes the view that unless the Irish agri-food sector speaks up for...
Developing a decarbonised dairy-processing sector
Agri-food economist, Ciaran Fitzgerald has been looking at milk production trends in recent years...
Boundless beef optimism
Is the current beef price a new paradigm or will there, ultimately, be a rebound? This month,...
The economics of Irish milk production
The economic reality of dairy’s role in the Irish economy must be properly understood, writes...