All the latest opinion and comments on the Irish agricultural industry from the Farmers Journal editorial team.

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Climate and environment
Public needs farmers and farmers rely on public support
Contributor
Ray Ó Foghlú is concerned that without a new approach to engaging with the public, farming will become dangerously isolated.
24 April 2024 Viewpoints
Colm McCarthy: how many airports is enough?
Some countries subsidise regional airports for understandable reasons – the Scottish and Greek islands or the remote Arctic provinces of Scandinavia are examples.
24 April 2024 Northern Ireland
Alternative views must not stall TB plan
A detailed plan is already in place in NI to help make progress with bovine TB.
Home Farm: drying out at last
Every fine day is making a huge difference to ground conditions.
24 April 2024 Viewpoints
Dempsey at Large: food, fuel and fibre
The comfort of adequate supplies in more recent years has pushed food security way down the priority list until the war in Ukraine caused a temporary panic.
24 April 2024 Viewpoints
Dempsey at Large: stabilising the tillage industry
The establishment of the Food Vision tillage group rightly identified that a more fundamental appraisal of the place of tillage in Ireland is needed.
17 April 2024 Viewpoints
The Home Farm: slurry above slats
The spring of 2024 is the worst I ever remember as regards grazing conditions.
17 April 2024 Viewpoints
NI farmers look like the poor relations
A plethora of schemes exist in the Republic of Ireland to support farmers
17 April 2024 Northern Ireland
Weather up but lots to do on tillage farms
At long last the forecast looks like we might get a few dry days together. Important not to panic, take deep breaths and plan properly.
17 April 2024 Viewpoints
Tillage emergency fund but still no land use policy
With dry weather in the forecast and little or no spring planting completed, the €40 per acre might pale into insignificance but it at least has arrived.
17 April 2024 Viewpoints
Data centre targets do not compute
There is a threatened shortage of power with regular orange warnings of possible outages from Eirgrid. There is scepticism from climate experts that 2030 targets can be met.
17 April 2024 Opinion
View from China: Australian agtech under the spotlight
Perth has the highest proportion of Irish people of anywhere in Australia and with almost four months without rain, it’s easy to see how us Irish can get used to the sun, sea and sand.
17 April 2024 Viewpoints