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More questions than answers on TB in cattle
The Dealer
Farmer frustration with bovine TB controls is about much more than a loose comment in a ministerial response to a written parliamentary question.
8 May 2024 Dealer
Chair of new water group
Who will become the new chair of the Water Quality Working Group, The Dealer wonders this week.
8 May 2024 Dealer
Dealer divided on bailing on dates
The Dealer doesn’t know whether to be impressed with a new dating trend or appalled. Either way The Dealer recommend the back pages of Irish Country Living.
Hot and cold for Hackett’s ash dieback fund
The aid package certainly has serious shortcomings, but it’s there, and it's funded.
8 May 2024 Dealer
From rugby field to show field
The Dealer hears a new hobby could be on the cards for this Irish rugby star.
8 May 2024 Dealer
Paris Olympics going 60% meat-free
The Paris Olympics is to make 60% of the meals on offer to visitors meat-free in a move the Dealer thinks won't help with food waste.
8 May 2024 Dealer
Duplication fears stall Project Connect
It is still unclear how the new entity will work with existing players in the agri-food space such as the National Dairy Council (NDC).
1 May 2024 Dealer
Antwerp for malt discussions
The IFA travelled to Boortmalt's head office in Belgium this week to meet come of the top management in the company.
1 May 2024 News
Who'll pitch in a bid for Mount Juliet?
All eyes will look east to Coolmore, of course, and its billionaire kingpin John Magnier.
1 May 2024 Dealer
Gorman draws a line in the Kerry sand
Any Kerry IFA officer who refuses to sign a pledge agreeing to abide by the IFA's rulebook faces a disciplinary proceeeding, in the latest twist in what has been an extraordinary soap opera.
1 May 2024 Dealer
AgSoc to raffle off fertiliser
The charities that AgSoc are raising funds for this year include Embrace Farm and the Kevin Bell Repatriation Trust.
1 May 2024 Dealer
Keeping the neighbours guessing
The Dealer was reminded this week that you really can't beat neighborhood politics.
24 April 2024 Dealer