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Editorial: Mercosur safeguards passed

Price reductions can happen for a multitude of reasons, which are sometimes not clear cut.

VIEWPOINTS 11 February 2026

Editorial: Mercosur safeguards passed

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Grass 2026: a new event from the Irish Farmers Journal

Grass 2026: a new event from the Irish Farmers Journal

VIEWPOINTS 11 February 2026

Editorial: focusing on Irish farmers

Editorial: focusing on Irish farmers

VIEWPOINTS 11 February 2026

Editorial: Bord Bia row battles on as Murrin holds firm

Editorial: Bord Bia row battles on as Murrin holds firm

Editorial: Bord Bia row battles on as Murrin holds firm

VIEWPOINTS 11 February 2026

Dempsey at Large: land prices soaring in places as western Europe stagnates

Dempsey at Large: land prices soaring in places as western Europe stagnates

Dempsey at Large: land prices soaring in places as western Europe stagnates

VIEWPOINTS 11 February 2026

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Colm McCarthy: Predictable consequences from planning permission decisions

Colm McCarthy: Predictable consequences from planning permission decisions

40 passengers per train must be judged very disappointing and a caution against extension further east.

VIEWPOINTS 4 February 2026

Home Farm: slurry pressures

Home Farm: slurry pressures

We are hoping for a beef price that at least matches last spring but the price seems to be stuck.

VIEWPOINTS 4 February 2026

Editorial: NI live exports banned

Editorial: NI live exports banned

While the absence of NI customers hasn’t taken its toll on the trade over the last two weeks, it is expected to be felt more as the year moves on.

VIEWPOINTS 4 February 2026

Editorial: counting the cost of Bord Bia stalemate

Editorial: counting the cost of Bord Bia stalemate

A bigger question that everyone is now asking is where is this all going to end?

VIEWPOINTS 4 February 2026

Editorial: dialogue needed on older farmer payments

Editorial: dialogue needed on older farmer payments

Pension reform has started in Ireland, but a lot more reform and support would be needed if CAP payments were to be cut from older farmers.

VIEWPOINTS 4 February 2026

Kerry Group share price performance

Kerry Group share price performance

'I know when a business has lost its way.' - Patrick Scannell, Listowel, Co Kerry, dairy farmer and son of a founding shareholder in Kerry.

VIEWPOINTS 4 February 2026

Colm McCarthy: building vanity stadiums is not where the focus should be

Colm McCarthy: building vanity stadiums is not where the focus should be

The Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media has a capital budget of €2.2bn per annum which should focus on playing facilities rather than vanity stadiums.

VIEWPOINTS 4 February 2026

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Survey of food and drink producers directly informs our work

An Rialálaí Agraibhia (Agri-Food Regulator) today issued a reminder to food and beverage producers across Ireland to complete its survey.

Survey of food and drink producers directly informs our work

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