Matt Dempsey

mdempsey@farmersjournal.ie

Home Farm: Another load, another drop in price

Our load of cattle this week made slightly less per kg than the load we sold just before Christmas.

VIEWPOINTS 28 January 2026

Home Farm: Another load, another drop in price

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Dempsey at Large: Mercosur protests – more than just 1%

Dempsey at Large: Mercosur protests – more than just 1%

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Home Farm: watching input prices

Home Farm: watching input prices

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Dempsey at Large: what trends in birth figures tell us

Dempsey at Large: what trends in birth figures tell us

Dempsey at Large: what trends in birth figures tell us

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Home Farm: slurry season opens

Home Farm: slurry season opens

Home Farm: slurry season opens

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Dempsey at Large: Oxford Farming Conference report

Dempsey at Large: Oxford Farming Conference report

Over the last 25 years, one of the clearest trends has been the increase in agricultural land prices in parts of the world with access to increasingly open food markets.

VIEWPOINTS 17 December 2025

Dempsey at Large: the early lessons from solar

Dempsey at Large: the early lessons from solar

I was able to study the output from the panels which varied hugely depending on the weather and the time of day, writes Matt Dempsey.

VIEWPOINTS 17 December 2025

The Home Farm: not a typical beef year

The Home Farm: not a typical beef year

My average CBV was almost exactly the same at €149 as the national average of €150.

VIEWPOINTS 17 December 2025

Dempsey at Large: getting the facts straight on nitrates

Dempsey at Large: getting the facts straight on nitrates

Just as most medicines have side effects, the aim has to be to work out if the side effects justify the action.

VIEWPOINTS 17 December 2025

Home Farm: beef market surprises

Home Farm: beef market surprises

The recent strong winds knocked a few trees, which we will cut up for logs.

VIEWPOINTS 17 December 2025

Dempsey at Large: Need for Irish cereal breeding policy

Dempsey at Large: Need for Irish cereal breeding policy

An informed forum should be assembled immediately and a national policy developed.

VIEWPOINTS 17 December 2025

Home Farm: sophisticated solar

Home Farm: sophisticated solar

The early closed paddocks have covers fit to graze after the long mild spell, but while the grass might be fit to graze, the land certainly isn't.

VIEWPOINTS 17 December 2025

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Why this Antrim contractor moved to Amazone ploughs

Ryan Bole is part of J Wilson Contracts in Co Antrim. Available for all kinds of work from slurry to reseeding, sowing to silage, today they are ploughing for potatoes with two Amazone ploughs.

Why this Antrim contractor moved to Amazone ploughs

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