All the latest opinion and comments on the Irish agricultural industry from the Farmers Journal editorial team.
In the past, NI mainly relied on the bureaucrats in Brussels to come up with farm schemes
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Inheritance taxes are unpopular, precisely because they will rarely match ability to pay, especially for farming assets.
Kerry proposal releases value and includes rewards for shareholders who have been patient for many years. Vote yes, writes Joe Gill.
There has been a repeated failure by government to deal with the reservoir of TB in wildlife
With three seats gained in Cork - and in the fight for a seat in Carlow-Kilkenny - the Social Democrats have had a good election.
With first counts almost completed, we can see how Ireland has voted in this election. But what kind of government will we get as a result?
Collective action is important if farmers are to convince government that changes are required to IHT plans.
The problem is the attribution of emissions in accordance with the system of the UN Convention, which allocates emissions on a territorial basis, by production.
Part of farmers reluctance to consider the forestry route has been that the demand for land is now coming from all kinds of new areas.
I had looked at getting vermin-proof roller doors but the cost was significant, the gain marginal and the inconvenience and the exposure to possible breakage through machinery damage was real.
