Matt Dempsey

mdempsey@farmersjournal.ie

Home Farm: one day too late

How long do we wait to sow, and will the soil underneath be dry enough to allow the next option of ploughing and following directly with the one pass?

VIEWPOINTS 2 September 2026

Home Farm: one day too late

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Dempsey at Large: the time has come to review rules for world agriculture

Dempsey at Large: the time has come to review rules for world agriculture

VIEWPOINTS 2 September 2026

Dempsey at Large: finally, the EU is starting to level up on global stage

Dempsey at Large: finally, the EU is starting to level up on global stage

VIEWPOINTS 26 August 2026

Home Farm: greening up though streams dry

Home Farm: greening up though streams dry

Home Farm: greening up though streams dry

VIEWPOINTS 26 August 2026

Dempsey at Large: humbled by history

Dempsey at Large: humbled by history

Dempsey at Large: humbled by history

VIEWPOINTS 19 August 2026

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Home Farm: second-cut silage ambitions

Home Farm: second-cut silage ambitions

We continue to draft the few cattle within six weeks or so of being fit into the houses for a full finishing ration but the numbers are small so far.

VIEWPOINTS 29 July 2026

Dempsey at Large: the lack of a safety net hits EU farms

Dempsey at Large: the lack of a safety net hits EU farms

Pig meat is just another example of producers taking the full brunt of market fluctuations.

VIEWPOINTS 29 July 2026

Home Farm: the ground is too hard to plough

Home Farm: the ground is too hard to plough

Oilseed rape is the crop that over the last 20 years has seen by far the greater genetic progress in terms of yield.

VIEWPOINTS 29 July 2026

Dempsey at Large: our thoroughbred sector is many furlongs ahead

Dempsey at Large: our thoroughbred sector is many furlongs ahead

In the showjumping world, the really high prices are more likely to be negotiated privately rather than in the glare of auction ring publicity.

VIEWPOINTS 29 July 2026

Home Farm: harvest done and dusted

Home Farm: harvest done and dusted

The straw yields from the wheat were also marginally less than what I would have normally expected.

VIEWPOINTS 29 July 2026

Dempsey at Large: production efficiency on show at Ballyvadin

Dempsey at Large: production efficiency on show at Ballyvadin

Last week's Ballyvadin open day at Fethard, Co Tipperary was outstanding.

VIEWPOINTS 29 July 2026

Home Farm: Waiting for wheat

Home Farm: Waiting for wheat

This year's Orcade followed wheat which made the 4.1 tonnes yield even better in relation to Cassia's performance after oilseed rape.

VIEWPOINTS 29 July 2026

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