Opinion
Given the traditional movement of beef stock in this country, due to the variants of land type and enterprises they’re...
Food Harvest 2020 has come and gone and all the ambitions that were talked between the then Minster for Agriculture,...
In 2019 the food and drinks industry made history; I suspect due to innovation supported by science. At the beginning...
I would like to bring to your attention the recent press release that the Beef Plan Movement circulated following discussion...
There is widespread acknowledgement that there is a crisis in Irish forestry. However, the Forest Service does not seem to...
The body representing the lrish greyhound industry recently gave itself a new name – Rásaíocht Con Éireann. An organisation’s name...
A motion calling for an end to state funding of the greyhound industry has provoked a predictable backlash from some...
Weatherbys in Naas controls the registration of Irish thoroughbreds so, as a breeder, I have to put up with whatever...
Agri Politics
As citizens of Ireland, in line with public health advice issued by NPHET [National Public Health Emergency Team], and adopted...
As I sit in my kitchen with what seems like my 50th cup of tea for the day, during our...
The latest restrictions under level five where a person cannot go into the ringside to bid on an animal is...
I refer to a letter to the editor dated 7th October 2020 ‘Origin Green needs to be put out to...
As the evidence accumulates of the growing negative environmental impacts of Irish ruminant-based agricultural intensification, it is now time for...
I note with dismay that Teagasc are making another foray into the climate change debate; they are promoting their marginal...
For well-known historical reasons, Irish farmers have never been found wanting when any deserving charitable cause comes along. Our dairy...
I watched with interest the first two episodes of ‘What Planet Are You On’ on RTÉ. While I welcome the...
Farmers For Action (FFA) has been receiving complaints from pig farmers supplying Cranswick Country Foods at Cullybackey (Co. Antrim) in...
More red tape to keep the farmers down – the latest letters sent out to farmers informing them if their...