Matt Dempsey

mdempsey@farmersjournal.ie

Dempsey at Large: Changes in prospect

Farmers, under the new CAP, are going to depend to an increasing amount on Dublin rather than Brussels

VIEWPOINTS 5 November 2025

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Home Farm: Grass growth and slugs

Home Farm: Grass growth and slugs

VIEWPOINTS 5 November 2025

Home Farm: picture perfect winter barley

Home Farm: picture perfect winter barley

VIEWPOINTS 29 October 2025

Dempsey at Large: agriculture out on a limb

Dempsey at Large: agriculture out on a limb

Dempsey at Large: agriculture out on a limb

VIEWPOINTS 29 October 2025

Home Farm: winter preparation continues

Home Farm: winter preparation continues

Home Farm: winter preparation continues

VIEWPOINTS 22 October 2025

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Dempsey at Large: throwing away half a billion euro

Dempsey at Large: throwing away half a billion euro

The other side of the coin has to be that policies that raise costs or penalise competitiveness have to be accompanied by appropriate compensation.

VIEWPOINTS 1 October 2025

Home Farm: cattle back out by day

Home Farm: cattle back out by day

We are not quite finished all the sowing but with the forecast so good, we are expecting to get it finished and rolled within the next day or so.

VIEWPOINTS 1 October 2025

Dempsey at Large: time for a serious rethink on global agricultural policy

Dempsey at Large: time for a serious rethink on global agricultural policy

The Fishler/ MacSharry reforms were for a different time and have served their purpose.

VIEWPOINTS 1 October 2025

Home Farm: mucky paddocks and heavy cattle back in

Home Farm: mucky paddocks and heavy cattle back in

With no oats this year, we will have a more compressed sowing season which will add to the pressure but we can only take it as it comes.

VIEWPOINTS 1 October 2025

Dempsey at Large: ultimately, politics is about people and policies

Dempsey at Large: ultimately, politics is about people and policies

The key acknowledgment was that the Irish tillage sector is not competing on a level playing field.

VIEWPOINTS 1 October 2025

Home Farm: harvest over, preparations for 2026 begin

Home Farm: harvest over, preparations for 2026 begin

Beans are much more variable than wheat or barley or even oats which is similarly meant to like cool, moist summers but which I have found much more reliable than the beans.

VIEWPOINTS 1 October 2025

Dempsey at Large: EU tillage policy is uniquely flawed

Dempsey at Large: EU tillage policy is uniquely flawed

The Irish administration will, if it is serious about wanting a balanced agricultural sector, have to take some fundamental decisions.

VIEWPOINTS 1 October 2025

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MSD Animal Health worms go under the radar

The Teagasc pig conference earlier this month was an excellent event, well attended by farmers and most I spoke to afterwards wanted to talk about worms,” said Aidan Byrne, MSD Animal Health.

MSD Animal Health worms go under the radar

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