Jack Kennedy

2 weeks ago | farmersjournal.ie | Jack Kennedy

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2 weeks ago | farmersjournal.ie | Jack Kennedy

The honesty of one farmer cut through a lot of the hot air in Dublin Castle last week at the Department of Agriculture’s climate conference. This honesty and transparency from a farmer that has made numerous changes to how they operate speaks volumes. That same farmer – John Walsh – hosted an open evening this week and not for the first time. This isn’t a farmer shouting from the sidelines about difficulties in transition while doing nothing.

2 weeks ago | farmersjournal.ie | Jack Kennedy

Discussions on CAP in recent weeks have focused on the fight to retain a ring-fenced budget for CAP post 2027. It’s a crucial challenge and politically we will need full support. There is still plenty to protect in the current CAP. Clearly CAP reforms have not delivered on the objective of reducing the administration burden. With this in mind, Darren Carty has compiled this week’s free supplement Protecting Farm Payments – Key Schemes and Nitrates.

2 weeks ago | farmersjournal.ie | Jack Kennedy

Winter cereal crops look exceptional at the moment. Grain growers are on track for excellent yields if ripening and harvesting weather comes any way right. Spring crops are much more variable, and while the spring sown crops saved margins on many farms last year, it looks like it’s the turn of winter crops to carry the heavy lifting on input costs in 2025. The performance of the rye crops stood out at the Goldcrop variety trial open days this week.

2 weeks ago | farmersjournal.ie | Jack Kennedy

The sector has long since been promised a vision for “land use”. At the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) conference two weeks ago, Secretary General at the Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment, Oonagh Buckley said that the Land Use review is completed. We understand that the details have not yet been shared with the various key players in the agri sector.