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Dairy
Why is this Government so anti-dairy?
Aidan Brennan
In this opinion piece, dairy editor Aidan Brennan asks if the Irish Government really believes that Irish dairy is sustainable and, if so, why it does not support it.
24 May 2023 Management
Dairy Management: dealing with cows not yet bred
Aidan Brennan goes through the options for farmers to deal with cows that haven't yet been bred.
24 May 2023 News
Taskforce set up to secure long-term nitrates derogation
Ireland’s ability to maintain its nitrates derogation into the future is of increasing concern to Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue.
An Taisce seeks more time to prepare for nitrates challenge
The first hearing of An Taisce’s nitrates case will now instead take place in mid-June with a substantive hearing now unlikely before the autumn, a spokesperson said.
17 May 2023 News
Grain growers slam dairy farmer tax break concerns
A row has emerged between dairy farmers and grain growers over proposals to bring in land leasing tax breaks which would benefit the tillage sector.
17 May 2023 News
'We are being portrayed as environmental terrorists'
West Cork dairy farmers located in the Timoleague catchment area have said that they got behind Teagasc's Agricultural Catchments Programme since the time it started in 2008.
17 May 2023 News
Minister to clampdown on slurry rogues
Slurry spreading breaches are doing nothing to help Ireland’s case for retaining the nitrates derogation from Brussels.
10 May 2023 News
Record revenue and a real co-op’s profit for Tirlán after first year
Lorcan Roche Kelly reports on how the Kilkenny-based processor has seen turnover surge to more than €3bn in its first year as a farmer-owner co-operative.
10 May 2023 News
Hopeful west Cork nitrates results still fall short of water quality targets
Context on targets and baselines is needed when assessing what impact promising water quality results recorded in the Timoleague catchment could have on the derogation debate, researchers say.
8 May 2023 News
Cow banding fuelling further dairy demand
Regulatory changes will replace strong milk prices as driver of dairy farmer land demand, the Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland (SCSI) and Teagasc have said.
26 April 2023 Letters
Nitrates changes to cost farmers €12,000 each
The analysis was presented to local, national and European politicians at an event organised by the IFA in Cork.
26 April 2023 News
Small farmers the big losers from nitrates changes
The retention of the nitrates derogation in its current form will be critical to the future success of this family farm.
26 April 2023 Grass & feeding