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€26m VistaMilk phase two research centre announced

Minister for Agriculture Martin Heydon and Minister of State Noel Grealish announced the second six-year phase on Thursday at an event hosted at Teagasc Moorepark.

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Editorial: easy answer to Trump tariffs - make farming great again

Editorial: easy answer to Trump tariffs - make farming great again

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Women coming back to the workforce

Women coming back to the workforce

RECRUITMENT 2 April 2025

Colm McCarthy: reviewing promises in the Programme for Government

Colm McCarthy: reviewing promises in the Programme for Government

Colm McCarthy: reviewing promises in the Programme for Government

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The real threat is a US economic slowdown

The real threat is a US economic slowdown

The real threat is a US economic slowdown

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Colm McCarthy: reviewing promises in the Programme for Government

Colm McCarthy: reviewing promises in the Programme for Government

UK: if the economy grows quickly enough, the borrowing targets are credible.

VIEWPOINTS 12 March 2025

The real threat is a US economic slowdown

The real threat is a US economic slowdown

Irish agri-food exports are more at risk from declining US consumer spending than tariffs.

NEWS 12 March 2025

‘Disaster relief fund’ needed to keep businesses af loat

‘Disaster relief fund’ needed to keep businesses af loat

Amid extreme weather events and rising ocean temperatures, Irish farmers need assistance, writes Janine Kennedy.

NEWS 12 March 2025

Farmers to be celebrated during National Cultivate Week

Farmers to be celebrated during National Cultivate Week

Cultivate is an initiative of a group of credit unions across 175 locations in Ireland that provides short- to medium-term loans built specifically for the growing needs of its farming members.

NEWS 12 March 2025

Colm McCarthy: evolution of EU's CAP

Colm McCarthy: evolution of EU's CAP

For a small open economy, it makes sense to encourage production in sectors where there is a prospect of domestic and export sales on advantageous terms.

VIEWPOINTS 12 March 2025

Colm McCarthy: planning system problems

Colm McCarthy: planning system problems

Planning - the system is tilted against the vigorous pursuit of priorities which are acknowledged at national level.

VIEWPOINTS 12 March 2025

New project to examine Irish wool and scouring

New project to examine Irish wool and scouring

The three-year project, Regenerative Value Systems for Irish Grown Wool in Ireland (REVEIRE), has received €657,403 in funding and will begin its research from 31 March 2025.

NEWS 12 March 2025

Colm McCarthy: It’s not just tariffs that could hurt – our taxes are targets too

Colm McCarthy: It’s not just tariffs that could hurt – our taxes are targets too

The capital programme was halved in volume by 2014 and has only lately recovered to pre-crash levels.

VIEWPOINTS 12 March 2025

A step back in time at Johnstown Castle

A step back in time at Johnstown Castle

Wexford’s wonderful Irish Agricultural Museum is preserving and reviving stories of rural Ireland, writes Rosalind Skillen.

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New for 2025: Syngenta enters grassland market with CASPER ®

Syngenta Ireland recently launched CASPER®, a new broadleaved weed herbicide for newly sown and established grassland.

New for 2025: Syngenta enters grassland market with CASPER ®

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