LATEST ARTICLES
News
Farmer's letter: stark price differences in genotyping
Letters to the Editor
"A suckler farmer will pay €20 a calf for each genotype and a dairy farmer will pay €4 for the exact same genotype test" - Flor McCarthy, Killowen House, Killowen, Kenmare, Co Kerry
24 May 2023 Letters
Letter to the Editor: Nature Restoration Law and rewetting
"When land is rewetted, it will be treated as a change of use designated and it may not ever be used for agriculture or development again" - Jonny Conway, Sligo.
17 May 2023 Letters
Letter regarding Fair Deal scheme
A Fair Deal scheme for home care needed - Conal Shovlin, Breagh, Ardara, Co Donegal.
Letter: suckler farmer labours to ‘assure’ Bord Bia
"They will not close out my audit until I show evidence that I have recycled my waste plastic" - Name & details with the editor.
26 April 2023 Letters
Letter: equipment training for farmers is essential to animal welfare
“Essential farming equipment and animal welfare” - Brendan Smyth MVB, chair of Veterinary Ireland’s animal welfare committee.
26 April 2023 Letters
Letter: succession is a ‘huge’ issue for farming families
“That succession is a huge issue on farms was evident from the very large attendance on the night” - Marian Dalton, Kilcloney, Borris, Co Carlow.
26 April 2023 Letters
Note from the editor - update
Note from the editor - success in finding Margaret Leahy for her long-lost friend.
19 April 2023 Letters
Letter on actions needed after forestry conference
"There is no logical reason why anyone needs a felling license to cut down dead and dying trees." - Simon White, Chairman of LTWO Ltd, Co Limerick
12 April 2023 Letters
In search of an old friend from Ireland
"Everytime I have come back to Ireland, I have tried to find her but without success." - Cécile Vigneras, France
12 April 2023 Letters
Letter regarding An Taisce
An Taisce resorts to anti-farming rhetoric – Diarmuid Cohalan, Ballinhassig, Co Cork.
5 April 2023 Letters
Letter: why language matters
"Why we should stop using the term “labour” in the Irish farming sector" - David Leydon, Castleknock/Roscommon.
5 April 2023 Letters
Letter responding to Gerald Potterton's question about gulls
"In response to Gerald Potterton's question" - Niall Hatch, Head of Communications and Development, BirdWatch Ireland
29 March 2023 Letters