Quotas

Positives of industry to be celebrated

'A very large percentage of the milk being produced today is 'post quota' milk, from expansion or 'new' milk. Our industry today would be very weakened without it.' - Mike Magan, Killashee,Co Longford

LETTERS 9 July 2025

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Canada and New Zealand: benchmark for Australia’s quota ambitions

Canada and New Zealand: benchmark for Australia’s quota ambitions

NEWS 9 July 2025

Dempsey at Large: a structural shift in Irish farming

Dempsey at Large: a structural shift in Irish farming

VIEWPOINTS 2 July 2025

Dempsey at Large: Climbing climate mountains

Dempsey at Large: Climbing climate mountains

Dempsey at Large: Climbing climate mountains

VIEWPOINTS 11 June 2025

Nutrient trading scheme recommended in new report

Nutrient trading scheme recommended in new report

Nutrient trading scheme recommended in new report

CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENT 7 April 2025

Farmer Writes: removal of quotas was a turning point

Farmer Writes: removal of quotas was a turning point

Looking back, it’s hard to believe that milk quotas have been gone for nearly 10 years, writes Padraig Callanan.

FARMER WRITES 11 December 2024

Gerry Boyle: ten years of catch-up after milk quotas

Gerry Boyle: ten years of catch-up after milk quotas

Quotas hampered our ability to optimise our efficiency, especially in respect of stocking rates and grass utilisation.

VIEWPOINTS 11 December 2024

What will the next 10 years bring for the dairy sector?

What will the next 10 years bring for the dairy sector?

Aidan Brennan looks ahead to the next 10 years without milk quotas, and thinks the sector has a bright future.

NEWS 11 December 2024

Share your views: what will the next 10 years in dairy look like?

Share your views: what will the next 10 years in dairy look like?

We want to hear from farmers to gauge their opinion on what the next 10 years in dairy will bring.

NEWS 11 December 2024

More pork access for Paraguay in Mercosur deal

More pork access for Paraguay in Mercosur deal

The recent Mercosur deal was not a full renegotiation, rather a tightening of environmental issues that were frustrating ratification in the EU.

NEWS 11 December 2024

‘I can’t understand why anybody would vote against this deal’ – Brosnan

‘I can’t understand why anybody would vote against this deal’ – Brosnan

The Irish Farmers Journal editor sits down with founder and former managing director and chair of Kerry Group, Denis Brosnan, to get his thoughts on the proposed Kerry deal.

NEWS 11 December 2024

What the Mercosur deal means for Irish farmers

What the Mercosur deal means for Irish farmers

The Mercosur deal announced last week is the same as the one announced in 2019 with an additional environmental and sustainability dimension.

NEWS 11 December 2024

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