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Top tips for a successful dry period

Daire Cregg reports some of the top tips for a stress-free dry period that were discussed on a recent AHI CellCheck webinar.

MANAGEMENT 10 December 2025

Top tips for a successful dry period

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Lifeline for NI sheep as export suspension to Britain lifted

Lifeline for NI sheep as export suspension to Britain lifted

NORTHERN IRELAND 10 December 2025

Tillage farmers to be paid for sustainability in new pilot scheme

Tillage farmers to be paid for sustainability in new pilot scheme

NEWS 10 December 2025

An Coimisiún Pleanála green lights 98,000t AD plant in former Lisheen Mine

An Coimisiún Pleanála green lights 98,000t AD plant in former Lisheen Mine

An Coimisiún Pleanála green lights 98,000t AD plant in former Lisheen Mine

NEWS 10 December 2025

€55m replanting grant for storm-damaged forestry confirmed

€55m replanting grant for storm-damaged forestry confirmed

€55m replanting grant for storm-damaged forestry confirmed

NEWS 10 December 2025

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Eight bidders for Rockwell Farm

Eight bidders for Rockwell Farm

NEWS 10 December 2025

Dairygold launches farm succession programme as average supplier is 59 years old

Dairygold launches farm succession programme as average supplier is 59 years old

NEWS 10 December 2025

FBD Trust celebrates 50 years

FBD Trust celebrates 50 years

NEWS 9 December 2025

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IFA wants EU officials up before Oireachtas to account for Brazilian beef recall

IFA wants EU officials up before Oireachtas to account for Brazilian beef recall

NEWS 9 December 2025

Derogation welcomed with some concerns over extra conditions

Derogation welcomed with some concerns over extra conditions

NEWS 9 December 2025

Commission to ramp up agri-food import checks at EU borders

Commission to ramp up agri-food import checks at EU borders

NEWS 9 December 2025

Five farmers named on latest list of tax defaulters

Five farmers named on latest list of tax defaulters

NEWS 9 December 2025

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Brazil’s beef bombshell

Adam Woods reports on an Irish Farmers Journal/IFA investigation into the illegal sale of animal medicines in Brazil.

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MART REPORTS »

Sheep mart prices: butchers and wholesalers more active in places

Sheep mart prices: butchers and wholesalers more active in places

MARKETS 3 December 2025

Camera at the Mart: successful first sheep fatstock for Macroom

Camera at the Mart: successful first sheep fatstock for Macroom

MARKETS 3 December 2025

Martbids Database: weanling trade continues to ease

Martbids Database: weanling trade continues to ease

MARKETS 3 December 2025

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VIEWPOINTS »

Editorial: EU recall of Brazilian hormone beef undermines promises

The EU Commission has always lauded its strong record on controls and checks on product coming into the EU market.

by Adam Woods

Editorial: EU recall of Brazilian hormone beef undermines promises

Dempsey at Large: TB control - more of the same

by Matt Dempsey

Home Farm: starting our solar journey

by Matt Dempsey

Editorial: fresh conditions attached to derogation

by Caitríona Morrissey

PODCASTS »

BEEF »

IFA wants EU officials up before Oireachtas to account for Brazilian beef recall

IFA wants EU officials up before Oireachtas to account for Brazilian beef recall

MANAGEMENT 10 December 2025

Commission to ramp up agri-food import checks at EU borders

Commission to ramp up agri-food import checks at EU borders

NORTHERN IRELAND 10 December 2025

Beef quotes under pressure as factories drop prices

NEWS 10 December 2025

Watch: Charolais bulls sell to €15,500 in Elphin

NEWS 10 December 2025

DAIRY »

Top tips for a successful dry period

Top tips for a successful dry period

MANAGEMENT 10 December 2025

Dairygold launches farm succession programme as average supplier is 59 years old

Dairygold launches farm succession programme as average supplier is 59 years old

NEWS 10 December 2025

Derogation welcomed with some concerns over extra conditions

NEWS 9 December 2025

Reaction: derogation extension a ‘relief’ for farmers

NEWS 9 December 2025

SHEEP »

Lifeline for NI sheep as export suspension to Britain lifted

Lifeline for NI sheep as export suspension to Britain lifted

MANAGEMENT 10 December 2025

Sheep price update: movement restrictions denting NI sheep prices

Sheep price update: movement restrictions denting NI sheep prices

NORTHERN IRELAND 10 December 2025

Organic v conventional: which came out on top for 2024 farm incomes?

NEWS 10 December 2025

Two amendments to ACRES rare breeds action

NEWS 10 December 2025

TILLAGE »

Tillage farmers to be paid for sustainability in new pilot scheme

Tillage farmers to be paid for sustainability in new pilot scheme

NEWS 10 December 2025

CBAM to increase fertiliser price and increase emissions

CBAM to increase fertiliser price and increase emissions

NEWS 9 December 2025

Organic v conventional: which came out on top for 2024 farm incomes?

NEWS 8 December 2025

ITLUS awards bursaries to four crop students

NEWS 7 December 2025

MACHINERY »

Spanish Ovlac disc harrow tastes Irish soil

Peter Thomas Keaveney spent some time with the Spanish built Ovlac 3m Eurodisc disc harrow, the firms premium disc harrow, cultivating maize stubbles ahead of grassland reseeding.

NEWS 5 December 2025

Spanish Ovlac disc harrow tastes Irish soil

Kioti previews new 140hp four-cylinder tractor

NEWS 4 December 2025

Giant Tobroco introduces new joystick steering option

NEWS 6 December 2025

Young Stock Podcast: Monaghan man's passion for machines and agri marketing

NEWS 1 December 2025

PEDIGREE »

Watch: Charolais bulls sell to €15,500 in Elphin

Watch: Charolais bulls sell to €15,500 in Elphin

PEDIGREE 8 December 2025

Watch: Angus bulls average €5,840 at elite sale

PEDIGREE 8 December 2025

Ranfurly rule the roost at Four Breeds Calf Show

PEDIGREE 3 December 2025

AGRIBUSINESS »

EU should have been up front about downside of Mercosur

EU should have been up front about downside of Mercosur

MANAGEMENT 10 December 2025

Falling cattle and sheep supply will squeeze factories

Falling cattle and sheep supply will squeeze factories

NORTHERN IRELAND 10 December 2025

Ireland has two housing problems

NEWS 10 December 2025

Listen: undercover - Brazilian beef exposed

NEWS 10 December 2025

NORTHERN IRELAND »

Lifeline for NI sheep as export suspension to Britain lifted

Lifeline for NI sheep as export suspension to Britain lifted

NORTHERN IRELAND 10 December 2025

Cattle classes cancelled at Royal Ulster Winter Fair due to bluetongue

Cattle classes cancelled at Royal Ulster Winter Fair due to bluetongue

NEWS 8 December 2025

Bluetongue vaccination – an overview of vaccines on the licensed in NI

NORTHERN IRELAND 5 December 2025

No plans in NI to cull BTV-3 cattle

NEWS 4 December 2025

FOCUS »

Research update: liquid N, measuring carbon and habitats

Research update: liquid N, measuring carbon and habitats

SIGNPOST PROGRAMME 6 December 2025

Meeting global sustainability expectations in food

Meeting global sustainability expectations in food

SIGNPOST PROGRAMME 3 December 2025

Irish grain can help to reduce emissions from milk production

Irish grain can help to reduce emissions from milk production

SIGNPOST PROGRAMME 3 December 2025

From soil to hedges and reducing artificial inputs: farms are making changes

SIGNPOST PROGRAMME 3 December 2025

Halfway towards our 2030 targets

SIGNPOST PROGRAMME 3 December 2025

Sustainability now being tracked and available to view

SIGNPOST PROGRAMME 3 December 2025

Farmers for climate action: progress from the Signpost Advisory Programme

SIGNPOST PROGRAMME 3 December 2025

PROPERTY »

Hammer time for a pair of Leinster farms

A pair of non-residential farms in Westmeath are due for mid-December auctions.

FOR SALE 3 December 2025

Hammer time for a pair of Leinster farms

Clare grazing ground guided at €270,000

FOR SALE 3 December 2025

Hammer time for a pair of Leinster farms

FOR SALE 3 December 2025

Christmas is coming for 264ac Meath farm

FOR SALE 3 December 2025

BUILDINGS »

JFC whole milk automatic feeding working well for Meath farmer

JFC whole milk automatic feeding working well for Meath farmer

BUILDINGS 26 November 2025

Flags fly high on new four-bay suckler shed

BUILDINGS 12 November 2025

Updates added to DAFM specs for mobile sheep handling and pig housing

BUILDINGS 29 October 2025

RENEWABLES »

An Coimisiún Pleanála green lights 98,000t AD plant in former Lisheen Mine

An Coimisiún Pleanála green lights 98,000t AD plant in former Lisheen Mine

NEWS 10 December 2025

Contrasting renewables direction between ROI and NI

Contrasting renewables direction between ROI and NI

NEWS 8 December 2025

Government prepares major changes to planning system

NEWS 3 December 2025

New AD plant planned for Ballinasloe

NEWS 3 December 2025

CLIMATE & ENVIRONMENT »

CBAM to increase fertiliser price and increase emissions

CBAM to increase fertiliser price and increase emissions

NEWS 9 December 2025

Over €13m in funds to remove barriers to fish migration in rivers

CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENT 1 December 2025

FORESTRY »

€55m replanting grant for storm-damaged forestry confirmed

€55m replanting grant for storm-damaged forestry confirmed

NEWS 10 December 2025

Letter considers why farmers are not planting trees

LETTERS 3 December 2025

FARM SAFETY »

Watch: 'my head was dizzy and the headaches were cruel'

Watch: 'my head was dizzy and the headaches were cruel'

FARM SAFETY 22 October 2025

ANIMAL HEALTH »

Top tips for a successful dry period

Top tips for a successful dry period

MANAGEMENT 10 December 2025

PIGS »

Bio security can improve pig performance

Bio security can improve pig performance

PIGS 2 November 2025

POULTRY »

Over 6,000 turkeys culled in Cavan

Over 6,000 turkeys culled in Cavan

POULTRY 3 December 2025

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ESB Networks publishes farm safety booklet to support safer working environments

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Cryptosporidiosis vaccine delivers for Roscommon dairy farmer

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The farmers behind the Golden Arches

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PGI boosting value of all beef in Italy

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MSD Animal Health worms go under the radar

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How real-time milk monitoring is helping Irish farmers sleep easier

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Watch: Shed Talks – Supporting the next generation of young farmers

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PHOTOGRAPHY »

In Pictures: winter shows, dairy work and sprouts

In Pictures: winter shows, dairy work and sprouts

In Pictures: dairy work, winter prep and busy mart action at home and abroad

In Pictures: dairy work, winter prep and busy mart action at home and abroad

Watch: this week in pictures as farms face flooding and marts stay busy

Watch: this week in pictures as farms face flooding and marts stay busy

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Five farmers named on latest list of tax defaulters

Five farmers named on latest list of tax defaulters

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18 stolen cattle recovered in Cork

18 stolen cattle recovered in Cork

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Farmer wins High Court action against Monaghan County Council over disputed road

Farmer wins High Court action against Monaghan County Council over disputed road

Man arrested in relation to stolen cattle in Cork

Man arrested in relation to stolen cattle in Cork

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CBAM to increase fertiliser price and increase emissions

CBAM to increase fertiliser price and increase emissions

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Beef quotes under pressure as factories drop prices

Beef quotes under pressure as factories drop prices

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Dairygold launches farm succession programme as average supplier is 59 years old

Dairygold launches farm succession programme as average supplier is 59 years old

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Breaking: nitrates derogation extended for three years

Breaking: nitrates derogation extended for three years

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Voluntary milk reduction scheme needs to be considered says ICMSA

Voluntary milk reduction scheme needs to be considered says ICMSA

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Eight bidders for Rockwell Farm

Eight bidders for Rockwell Farm