Grass is our competitive advantage
Let the facts speak for themselves. The average Irish milk-production herd comprises 93 cows.
Livestock-welfare vigilance is more necessary than ever
Our calf-health focus in this issue prioritises best practice in relation to the management and care...
COP-out or cop on
After 27 iterations of the Conference of the Parties (COP), you’d expect that the organisers would...
Forward thinking
As we commence 2024, there is cause for optimism.
The need for more food, not less
Economists are often viewed with scepticism, as either harbingers of doom or unrealistic optimists....
Avoiding unintended policy consequences
Alarmism is never a positive tactic. Suggesting that various regulations and impositions on farming...
Dairy in our agricultural DNA
Muiris O’Sullivan and Liam Downey’s contribution to Archaeology Ireland’s latest publication highlights...
Eating the emissions elephant requires imagination
The ACRES programme seems to have struck a chord with thousands of farmers.
Ornua Co-op serves us well
The imminent departure of several top executives from Ornua in the coming months has raised spurious...
There is a tide in our affairs
Let’s clear away the fog currently encircling Irish agriculture and attempt, at least, to create a...
Growing nettles and other land uses
Should landowners be entitled to use their land as they see fit?
No hiding from price collapse
Output price reductions are now affecting every mainstream farm sector.
Glyphosate reprieve
Following an assessment of the impact of glyphosate on the health of humans, animals and the environment,...
Farmers being sold short
‘Know your number’ is the new catchphrase from Teagasc, and a very important number it may well become...
Reducing gaseous emissions: What will it achieve?
Reducing the contribution of gaseous emissions to climate change is now a widely adopted 21st-century...
Worldwide vet shortage
The efforts being made to increase the educational opportunities in Ireland to study veterinary medicine...
Milk and grain prices out of kilter with production costs
Across all sectors, farmers are facing disruption to a greater or lesser degree in the coming years.
Buffalo, blueberries and other strange bedfellows
Across all sectors, farmers are facing disruption to a greater or lesser degree in the coming years.
From generation to generation
The Irish Farmers’ Association’s succession seminars last month confirmed the very real challenges...
Choices widen for farmers Playing the political game
Despite much recent speculation, the creation of a dedicated Irish farmers’ party is less than likely...