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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...
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Make farm safety your New Year's resolution
If there is one thing every farmer should do for 2016 is promise themselves and their families that they will...
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It’s time Glanbia said goodbye to its 'irregular' milk supplier
‘Dirty work at the crossroads’ is the only term that comes to mind when reflecting on the decision by the...
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EU's €500m package must deliver structural changes to supply chain
The measures announced by the European Commission to help farmers across the EU are to be welcomed. The outcomes of...
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Has Northern Ireland one too many lobby groups?
United we stand: divided we fall is an old adage – but a true one. And it strikes a particular...
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US market offers an outlet for UK carcass trimmings
The export target for Irish beef in the US should be carcass trimmings which would be used to manufacture burgers....
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Dairy farmers need up-to-date information on European dairy figures
We talk about Global Dairy Trade (GDT) auctions a lot in Ireland – maybe it is because of the failure...
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Glanbia has key questions to answer regarding its new share offer
Glanbia is fast gathering a significant rump of highly disgruntled farmer suppliers within its ranks, all of whom are totally...
