Matt Dempsey

mdempsey@farmersjournal.ie

Home Farm: meat factory responses

I had a clear idea of where the problems were and why, but no idea whether meat factory profitability was being maintained.

VIEWPOINTS 3 June 2026

Home Farm: meat factory responses

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Dempsey at Large: the sewage options

Dempsey at Large: the sewage options

VIEWPOINTS 3 June 2026

Dempsey at Large: challenges ahead for European agriculture

Dempsey at Large: challenges ahead for European agriculture

VIEWPOINTS 27 May 2026

Home Farm: missing silage weather and Bord Bia levies in focus

Home Farm: missing silage weather and Bord Bia levies in focus

Home Farm: missing silage weather and Bord Bia levies in focus

VIEWPOINTS 27 May 2026

Dempsey at Large: The €8/kg mirage

Dempsey at Large: The €8/kg mirage

Dempsey at Large: The €8/kg mirage

VIEWPOINTS 20 May 2026

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Home Farm: another week, another drop in the beef price

Home Farm: another week, another drop in the beef price

By any standards, it is an extraordinary year with new reports of fertiliser supports to ease the financial shock of the price hikes.

VIEWPOINTS 29 April 2026

Home Farm: clear of TB, but lacking in rain

Home Farm: clear of TB, but lacking in rain

The visible gap between the Bord Bia benchmark price and Irish farmer returns raises really basic questions on the operating model of the Irish beef industry.

VIEWPOINTS 29 April 2026

Dempsey at Large: the co-op share dilemma

Dempsey at Large: the co-op share dilemma

Co-ops do not come under ordinary company law, but are instead under the Registrar of Friendly Societies.

VIEWPOINTS 29 April 2026

Dempsey at Large: Results season underway

Dempsey at Large: Results season underway

It wasn’t surprising that the Glanbia AGM, held in the FBD Killashee Hotel, finished in record time.

VIEWPOINTS 29 April 2026

Home Farm: Catching up during dry spell

Home Farm: Catching up during dry spell

Out in the fields, a neighbour with a high clearance, self-propelled sprayer did our oilseed rape for scleritinia.

VIEWPOINTS 29 April 2026

Dempsey at Large: food self-sufficiency policies

Dempsey at Large: food self-sufficiency policies

Europe on the other hand has steadily traded access to its food market at the expense of its own farmers, but in the interest of access for its own products and services.

VIEWPOINTS 29 April 2026

Home Farm: Choice of nitrogen

Home Farm: Choice of nitrogen

We had sown the new grass last September – later than ideal – but it took well and was a good dense, highly-digestible sward.

VIEWPOINTS 29 April 2026

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'For many of the children, it was their first time on a farm'

Wicklow dairy farmer welcomed students as part of a National Dairy Council initiative, which saw 1,500 pupils across Ireland visit working dairy farms during May.

'For many of the children, it was their first time on a farm'

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