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Why not play Brussels at its own game?
The European Commission is telling the world that its milk reduction scheme has worked, so why not get Brussels to...
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Free range egg producers have been treated despicably
It’s ridiculous that free range egg producers must re-label their cartons in the wake of the Avian Influenza outbreak. As...
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Trump may well have a positive influence on European agriculture
Donald Trump’s decision to, effectively, put the TTIP discussions on hold may well be a blessing in disguise for farming...
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A political vacuum is bad news for agriculture in Northern Ireland
This week’s Assembly elections could not have come at a worse time for agriculture in Northern Ireland. It is universally...
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It’s time we got a Brexit perspective from the feed compounding sector
The silence from Ireland’s compound animal feed industry, regarding the impact of Brexit on the sector, has been pretty deafening....
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IFA and UFU become production focused at their peril
Forget about Brexit: the one issue that truly united IFA President Joe Healy and UFU Deputy President Ivor Ferguson while...
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Cross compliance and farm safety should be formally linked
Both ICSA and ICMSA have taken a wholly unacceptable position, where farm safety is concerned. The past week has seen...
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What does the term ‘voluntary levy’ actually mean?
January is fast approaching: so here’s a suggestion that might help those farmers who traditionally have problems coming up with...
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Why should liquid milk producers be treated as a protected species?
Why should liquid milk producers be treated as a specialist stakeholder group within the dairy industry? Surely this approach to...
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Ploughing is a unique art form
Hands up: how many people visiting Tullamore last week actually took the time to visit the competition ploughing plots? Shame...
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Opinion: Talk is cheap: WTO must deal decisively with Russia
The World Trade Organisation (WTO) must now act in a meaningful way, given that the organisation has found Moscow to...
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Opinion: Farm deaths will continue to happen as long as we think they won't happen to us
This week the farming community has been rocked by three farm deaths within days of each other. Two men died...
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Opinion: A drive for cheap food in post-Brexit UK would hit Irish farmers
With Brexit now a reality, one of the key uncertainties is where UK retailers will source their food and a...
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Opinion: 'The market not politicians will be the saviour of dairy farmers'
Dairy farmers should take some respite in the fact that sentiment and commentary around on the dairy market took a notable...
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Opinion: Northern Ireland's border becomes Brexit frontier
Ulster Unionist MEP Jim Nicholson put it very succinctly this Friday when he said that the Irish border automatically becomes...
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Opinion: Mandatory jail time needed to ensure agri-food sector is not undermined
The Irish agri-food industry is too valuable to allow a small number of rogues to undermine it. And, such a...
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Opinion: Brexit decision can be influenced by Ireland
Later this month, on June 23, the British public goes to the polls to vote on Brexit or whether to...
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Dairy farmers and the market should be the only things controlling milk supply
The dairy aid package, announced yesterday by the European Commission, should be welcomed by the industry and dairy farmers. It...
