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Dairy production forecasts need to be tempered
I hate to be a harbinger of gloom and doom, but has it not occurred to anyone within the dairy...
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I hate to be a harbinger of gloom and doom, but has it not occurred to anyone within the dairy...
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Two months ago, EU Farm Commissioner Dacian Ciolos referred to the steps taken by him to provide support for those...
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We are constantly reminded that we are in a beef ‘crisis’. Given that this situation started almost a year ago,...
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It is accepted that suckled beef production is vulnerable at EU and world level, even though trans-global consumption, which is...
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A visit to the Lake District of England last week set me to thinking about the enhanced role which livestock...
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It seems that few budgets contain any real surprises these days, with the leaks and whisperings in the run up...
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A recent report by the EU Commission highlights that Ireland’s food industry workers are the most productive in the EU....
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Trust between beef producers and the main processors appears to be at an all-time low. Producers appear to be completely...
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This week’s report from Rabobank is a damning indictment of the ways by which EU supermarkets are managing to manipulate...
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One of the first jobs that Phil Hogan must do, even before he gets acquainted with the internal décor of...
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The profitability or otherwise of drystock farming in Ireland has rarely been out of the news of late. I always...
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At long last the United States has signed up to a binding international agreement, ensuring that it carries an equitable...
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The recent success of the commonage protesters should be celebrated in every farming household throughout Ireland. It represents one of those rare...
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Next Spring will see Irish farmers complete their first round of applications for the new Single Payment Scheme (SPS). Let’s...
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Meat Industry Ireland (MII) has laid the blame for the current beef crisis firmly at the door of beef farmers....
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The days are over when farmers could take or leave the option of using digital technology. Increasingly, government agencies around...
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The mystery of how British prime cattle prices rose by 4p-5p last week (w/e September 6) despite a 12% increase...
Dairy
Earlier this year a number of Ireland’s leading dairy co-ops – North and South – threw out the possibility of...