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Posted by The Analyst | 28 July 2020 | Farming
Elaine McGoff: Why we believe dairy expansion needs to come with a health warning

Ireland is failing to address escalating levels of toxic ammonia (NH3) air pollution, a nitrogen pollutant with harmful effects on delicate ecosystems and human health.

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Posted by The Analyst | 28 July 2020 | Breaking News
Depp’s libel action told actor ‘tried to reverse victim and offender roles’ when accused of addiction and abuse

Johnny Depp was a drug addict prone to violent rages and a misogynist who assaulted his wife, a London court was told as the actor's libel trial against a UK tabloid neared its end.

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Posted by The Analyst | 28 July 2020 | Farming
Darragh McCullough: This latest ill-informed attack on farming is doing real environmentalists a disservice

It sounds criminal now, but the nitrogen norm on Teagasc's trial farms around Moorepark in Cork used to be 390kg/Ha.

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Posted by The Analyst | 28 July 2020 | Farming
Covid-19 could have cost NPA €4m in losses if it struck now

The company behind the National Ploughing Association of Ireland (NPA) would have been staring at losses of €3.5m to €4m this year if Covid-19 had only struck Ireland now.

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Posted by The Analyst | 28 July 2020 | Breaking News
Covid scare made me realise I was too fat, says Boris

Boris Johnson admitted he was "too fat" and struggled with his weight as he spoke about how his Covid-19 scare made him get fitter and lose a stone.

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Posted by The Analyst | 28 July 2020 | Farming
‘The processors have added value to their products, but they haven’t passed the value back to suppliers’

Despite living on the outskirts of Boyle, Co Roscommon, an area traditionally associated with suckler beef farming, Sean Connaughton and his wife Liz decided to set up a dairy herd in the mid-1980s.

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Posted by The Analyst | 28 July 2020 | Farming
‘Badger culling is going to become a sticky issue’

Eoin Cooney farms outside Virginia, Co Cavan, and is contract rearing heifers for Gerard O'Reilly. He has had two reactors in recent weeks, with the cattle only being moved from his farm yesterday.

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