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Letter to the editor: Focus needed on better animal health in Europe

Opinion

9 days ago

Letter to the editor: Focus needed on better animal health in Europe

As the EU wrestles with the future of its Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), Europe is facing...

Letter to the editor: Marts and west Clare

Opinion

24 days ago

Letter to the editor: Marts and west Clare

Dear editor, I refer to an article published by Agriland.ie on August 29, 2025, entitled 'Keep them...

Opinion: Poor straw prices are the last thing tillage farmers need right now

Opinion

2 months ago

Opinion: Poor straw prices are the last thing tillage farmers need right now

Grain markets are bad enough. But, now, completely out of left field, comes news that straw prices...

Opinion: Ploughing will remain at the heart of Irish tillage farming

Opinion

2 months ago

Opinion: Ploughing will remain at the heart of Irish tillage farming

It is hard to argue against the proposition that ploughing will remain at the very heart of Irish...

Opinion: As Harvest 2025 ends, it’s time to plan for the future

Opinion

3 months ago

Opinion: As Harvest 2025 ends, it’s time to plan for the future

Harvest 2025 is fast coming to an end, and the coming weeks will see tillage farmers across Ireland...

Machinery

3 months ago

Opinion: How sustainable or secure is digital farming?

All the leading tractor manufacturers and various international farming bodies, such as CEMA and...

Opinion: How sustainable or secure is digital farming?

Opinion

3 months ago

Opinion: Why we need to put a clear focus on soil management

The month of August is one of the few times in the year when tillage farmers can put a clear focus...

Opinion: Why we need to put a clear focus on soil management

Opinion

3 months ago

Rural life: Where the reeks of hay were the stronghold of courting

By Mairtín Ó'Catháin Eighteen nights non-stop, rural dancing every night. A young man’s...

Rural life: Where the reeks of hay were the stronghold of courting

Opinion

3 months ago

Opinion: What constitutes an Irish tillage farmer must be clearly defined

The recent income projections calculated by Teagasc highlight the need to clearly define what...

Opinion: What constitutes an Irish tillage farmer must be clearly defined

Opinion

3 months ago

Opinion: CAP stability must be delivered by EU Commission

The future of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) centres on the outworking of one core principle...

Opinion: CAP stability must be delivered by EU Commission

Opinion

4 months ago

Opinion: Is the CAP review a disaster in the making for Irish agriculture?

Every aspect of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) review that emanated from Brussels last week...

Opinion: Is the CAP review a disaster in the making for Irish agriculture?

Opinion

4 months ago

Opinion: Putting a clear focus on farm safety

As Farm Safety Week 2025 begins, it is imperative for us all to consider how everyone working...

Opinion: Putting a clear focus on farm safety

Opinion

4 months ago

Opinion: All grain crops grown in Ireland have an inherent added value

Adding value to grain crops has long been a principle espoused by Irish tillage farmers and...

Opinion: All grain crops grown in Ireland have an inherent added value

Opinion

4 months ago

Letter to the editor: Why are co-ops resisting rules on fairness?

Dear editor, there’s growing concern about the opposition by Irish dairy co-ops and their...

Letter to the editor: Why are co-ops resisting rules on fairness?

Opinion

4 months ago

Opinion: Irish farmers committed to improving environment

The commitment of Irish farmers to improve the environment and the conservation value of the...

Opinion: Irish farmers committed to improving environment

Environment

4 months ago

Letter to the editor: NZ urgently needs more forestry

Dear editor, I worked for Beef + Lamb New Zealand for approximately eight years as sector...

Letter to the editor: NZ urgently needs more forestry

Opinion

4 months ago

Letter to the editor: An idea to tackle livestock worrying

The words of Albert Einstein - "in the midst of every crisis, lies great opportunity" could be the...

Letter to the editor: An idea to tackle livestock worrying

Opinion

5 months ago

Opinion: Weather to turn fair just at right time for tillage farmers

Tillage farmers will be breathing a sigh of relief with a fair weather outlook on the horizon....

Opinion: Weather to turn fair just at right time for tillage farmers

Opinion

5 months ago

Opinion: Irish agriculture should take a lesson out of Schwarzenegger’s book

Did you hear Arnold Schwarzenegger recently tell the world to stop whining and encouraging everyone...

Opinion: Irish agriculture should take a lesson out of Schwarzenegger’s book

Opinion

5 months ago

Opinion: Irish tillage sector has been left in limbo

Irish tillage farmers have become increasingly frustrated at the lack of strategic vision coming...

Opinion: Irish tillage sector has been left in limbo

Opinion

5 months ago

Letter to the editor: What is true market value of fifth beef quarter?

Dear editor, when will beef farmers begin to see the true value of the fifth quarter? The fifth...

Letter to the editor: What is true market value of fifth beef quarter?

Opinion

5 months ago

Opinion: The long run-in to harvest starts now

For the most part, cereal growers have their 2024/205 field work in the rear-view mirror - the long...

Opinion: The long run-in to harvest starts now

Opinion

6 months ago

Opinion: EU-UK trade deal makes perfect sense for Irish agriculture

So, nine years after the Brexit vote, the UK and the EU have come up with a trade deal that makes...

Opinion: EU-UK trade deal makes perfect sense for Irish agriculture

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