• As Joe Healy focuses on getting a €200 suckler payment, we detail what it costs you to keep your suckler cow.
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  • Can you save €15,000 on your dairy farm? We look at what costs you can do without.
  • Farmers are facing insurance premium rises of up to 100%.
  • The latest MartWatch reports as farmers buy stores for grass.
  • Advice on getting your dairy animal ready for the summer shows.

  • Is it time to licence pedigree breeders?
  • Grass growth rates disappoint in the west.
  • Why six bales of silage on a trailer may not be legal on the road.
  • Focus: Shows & Showing & Paddock management.

  • In farm buildings we cover a 240-bull finishing unit in Cashel, Co Tipperary.
  • In our paddock management supplement we look at a unique method of repairing a farm roadway on a dairy farm in Waterford.

    • And in Irish Country Living…

  • From broadband to job creation, six TDs discuss the real issues affecting rural Ireland.
  • Two impressive farms on sale in north Cork are profiled in our property pages.
  • Standing on 44 acres, the impressive Lowlands House in Roscrea has arrived on the market.
  • How the people of Kerry will be getting behind the Darkness into Light walk for Pieta House.
  • And in sport, the spotlight is on Clare versus Waterford in Thurles this weekend.

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