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Editorial: positive sounds on 2025 margins emerge
Jack Kennedy
The Teagasc Outlook conference for 2025 pointed towards some positivity on farm income front, although after a challenging 2023.
4 December 2024 Editorial
Editorial: divided shareholding on Kerry deal
Clearly there is a divided shareholding and a disgruntled cohort of suppliers that feel let down by Kerry Group.
4 December 2024 Editorial
Farm payments – a mixed bag
The rollout of payments under these two schemes and the Eco Scheme is among the best in Europe.
Stocking rate debate
The Department highlighted that they are now moving to a ‘nutrient surplus’ model, which will mean different actions and farm responses for different soil types and different parts of the country.
4 December 2024 Editorial
Farm Tech Talk: beef boom, sheep prices, Dairy Day 2024 and new fertiliser rules
This week, Jack Kennedy and the team talk about the beef and sheep trade, Dairy Day 2024 and Adam chats to Grassland AGRO on new fertiliser regulations.
29 November 2024 News
Editorial: ‘stocking rate’ not key issue for dairy farms
This stocking rate row is core to why the handbrake is pulled on farm investment here in Ireland.
27 November 2024 Viewpoints
Editorial: winter beef price positivity
Beef prices - Teagasc analysis on winter finishing costs suggests they need every penny of it.
27 November 2024 Viewpoints
Editorial: Mercosur - the Italian king-maker deal?
After more than 20 years of negotiations, the European Union and Mercosur are still trying to finalise a major trade agreement.
27 November 2024 Viewpoints
Farm Tech Talk: calving heavy-muscle sucklers and Dairy Day's key topics
We discuss calving down well-muscled suckler cows and the latest on nitrates on this week's Farm Tech Talk.
22 November 2024 Video
Editorial: political promises broken on land tax
The fact that over 6,000 farmers turned up to from all over Northern Ireland on Monday night answers a lot.
20 November 2024 Viewpoints
Renewed positivity at Teagasc beef conference
The last 12 months will mark one of the largest falls in suckler calf registrations that we have ever seen.
20 November 2024 Viewpoints
Important ruling from Agri-Food Regulator
Asba Meats was found to be in breach of the Unfair Trading Practices Regulations as a result of non-payment for animals supplied by a west of Ireland farmer.
20 November 2024 Viewpoints