Matt Dempsey

mdempsey@farmersjournal.ie

Home Farm: Extraordinary spring for cattle trade

I was disappointed to see some Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus (BYDV) on the Cassia winter barley.

VIEWPOINTS 23 April 2025

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Dempsey at Large: tariff compensation for US farmers

Dempsey at Large: tariff compensation for US farmers

VIEWPOINTS 23 April 2025

Paying for defence and simplifying the CAP

Paying for defence and simplifying the CAP

FEATURE 23 April 2025

Dempsey at Large: Remembering Denis Lucey, a key figure in agriculture

Dempsey at Large: Remembering Denis Lucey, a key figure in agriculture

Dempsey at Large: Remembering Denis Lucey, a key figure in agriculture

VIEWPOINTS 16 April 2025

Home Farm: BISS form submitted

Home Farm: BISS form submitted

Home Farm: BISS form submitted

VIEWPOINTS 16 April 2025

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Home Farm: Area aid form and maps arrive

Home Farm: Area aid form and maps arrive

The cereals, wheat, barley and oats have all got nitrogen and growth regulator and despite the dry weather have visibly responded to the top dressing.

VIEWPOINTS 19 March 2025

Dempsey at Large: CAP in the firing line as defence crisis worsens

Dempsey at Large: CAP in the firing line as defence crisis worsens

Germany - inflation, especially if it is caused by government spending and borrowing, has led to constitutional constraints on government spending.

VIEWPOINTS 19 March 2025

Home Farm: spring tillage work continues

Home Farm: spring tillage work continues

We have also bought in some straight potash, following our soil samples showing low K on the silage ground.

VIEWPOINTS 19 March 2025

Dempsey at Large: there is something not working in the grain market

Dempsey at Large: there is something not working in the grain market

As European total food output declines, a trend that is also happening in Ireland, our policymakers should be looking at the factors that are operating against European and Irish growers.

VIEWPOINTS 19 March 2025

Home Farm: dry weather drives progress

Home Farm: dry weather drives progress

The beans are in a full six weeks earlier than last year and there is now nothing left to sow.

VIEWPOINTS 19 March 2025

Dempsey at Large: ownership of breeding rights - a basic principle

Dempsey at Large: ownership of breeding rights - a basic principle

We have deliberately built in ICBF a genetics-based organisation, where the data generated by farmers is owned by farmers.

VIEWPOINTS 19 March 2025

Dempsey at Large: The United States - a complex ally

Dempsey at Large: The United States - a complex ally

Last week the cattlemen in the United States called again for a fundamental reappraisal of the place of imports of beef from Brazil on the US market.

VIEWPOINTS 19 March 2025

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Proper calf shed ventilation is crucial for maximising calf performance and profitability.

Levelling up calf rearing with Teemore Mono Calf Building

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