No balance sheet for net zero
Net zero carbon is a popular mantra. It, essentially, allows a balance sheet to be constructed...
Voting for Europe
Next month the voting population of the European Union has an opportunity to decide who should...
Thinking the unthinkable
Natural justice would suggest that farm investments based on current regulations should be...
In time is the time
We are slowly emerging from a protracted period of poor weather, stretching back intermittently...
They’re not making any more of it
The demands being placed on land to fulfil a myriad of purposes are incapable of being met.
Low adoption rates stymie progress
I took some satisfaction reading an archive article in last month’s Irish Farmers Monthly which I...
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...
COP-out or cop on
After 27 iterations of the Conference of the Parties (COP), you’d expect that the organisers...
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...
Avoiding unintended policy consequences
Alarmism is never a positive tactic. Suggesting that various regulations and impositions on...
Dairy in our agricultural DNA
Muiris O’Sullivan and Liam Downey’s contribution to Archaeology Ireland’s latest publication...
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...
There is a tide in our affairs
Let’s clear away the fog currently encircling Irish agriculture and attempt, at least, to create...
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...
Farmers being sold short
‘Know your number’ is the new catchphrase from Teagasc, and a very important number it may well...