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Niall Hurson

@hursonniall

Agricultural Policy Advisor, Kingdom of the Netherlands.
Farming in Co Monaghan.
Nuffield Ireland Scholar.
[email protected]

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We don’t need 200 or 300 cows - we need 140 efficient cows – the Sligo dairy farmers expanding without a derogation independent.ie/farming/dairy/…

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The seven ā€˜difficult choices’ being considering by the Department in the battle against TB TB reactor numbers have spiked by 48pc (an additional 12,758 head) in the past 12 months, with 5,906 herds impacted. independent.ie/farming/news/t…

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Financial incentives for herd cuts and end to Nitrates Derogation, among Social Democrats election promises independent.ie/farming/news/f…

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Incredible amount of time spent debating Ireland's Nitrates Derogation on #RTEUpfront Irish farms in Derogation: ~6,500 Total population of Ireland: 5.2m Politicians writing cheques that can't be cashed when it comes to giving any guarantees on the Derogation...

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The farming lobby still has access to the top brass – but does it pack any real political punch? independent.ie/farming/news/t…

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Sinn FĆ©in’s Martin Kenny rows back on ā€˜Derogation days are numbered’ comment independent.ie/farming/news/s…

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ā€˜Dairy industry focused too much on the milk price’ — former Glanbia boss SiobhĆ”n Talbot independent.ie/farming/news/d…

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ā€˜There’s a disdain for agriculture in some corners of the DĆ”il, it’s quite shocking’ – MicheĆ”l Martin TĆ”naiste insists Fianna FĆ”il will back farmers on one-off housing, the derogation and retirement schemes independent.ie/farming/news/t…

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Glenisk confirms use of imported organic milk The popular brand would not say how much French milk is making its way into Irish-sold produce. independent.ie/farming/news/g…

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ā€˜If my manifesto was that weak, I’d be trying to deflect attention away too,’ McConalogue hits back at FG and SF criticism independent.ie/farming/news/i…

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ā€˜I took over the farm when I was just 16 after my dad had a stroke’ – meet Ireland’s best young farming entrant Award-winning 18-year-old Sligo woman Sarah Kelly is running two businesses on her 22ac holding independent.ie/farming/news/i…

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Pippa Hackett: ā€˜I know there’s farmers across the country cheering that the Greens are gone – but that doesn’t mean the regulations are going to get any less’ independent.ie/farming/pippa-…

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Martin O’Reilly’s advisor told him he wouldn’t be able to balance running the family farm with full-time study 70 minutes’ drive away – but he ā€˜just had a mindset in place’, and now he is reaping the rewards independent.ie/farming/dairy/…

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Better to farm under the devilish EU subsidies we know than the devil we don’t farmersjournal.ie/better-to-farm…

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.AgTechIreland sees agrifood & agtech as global issues, so take every opportunity to engage with global partners with common interests. In the last few weeks, we have met NZ Special Ag Trade Envoy Hamish Marr and Embassy of the Netherlands in Ireland šŸ‡³šŸ‡±šŸ‡®šŸ‡Ŗ Ag Team Philip de Jong and Niall Hurson.

.<a href="/AgTechIreland/">AgTechIreland</a> sees agrifood &amp; agtech as global issues, so take every opportunity to engage with global partners with common interests.
In the last few weeks, we have met NZ Special Ag Trade Envoy <a href="/MarrHamish/">Hamish Marr</a> and <a href="/NLinIreland/">Embassy of the Netherlands in Ireland šŸ‡³šŸ‡±šŸ‡®šŸ‡Ŗ</a> Ag Team Philip de Jong and <a href="/HursonNiall/">Niall Hurson</a>.