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Five steps to increase nitrogen-use efficiency on farms

Mark Plunkett, David Wall and Tim Shiel of the Fertiliser Association of Ireland share their top five steps to improve nitrogen-use efficiency on farms.

FERTILIZERS 15 February 2026

Five steps to increase nitrogen-use efficiency on farms

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Potential redundancies at ABP Waterford as cattle supplies fall

Potential redundancies at ABP Waterford as cattle supplies fall

NEWS 12 February 2026

Dairygold's Grassroots Programme

Dairygold's Grassroots Programme

FERTILIZERS 11 February 2026

Tipperary brothers swear by Bogballe and Meredith bogie combo

Tipperary brothers swear by Bogballe and Meredith bogie combo

Tipperary brothers swear by Bogballe and Meredith bogie combo

FARM MACHINERY 11 February 2026

Nitrogen balance distribution at the farm level

Nitrogen balance distribution at the farm level

Nitrogen balance distribution at the farm level

FERTILIZERS 11 February 2026

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Nitrogen management on New Zealand's pastures

Nitrogen management on New Zealand's pastures

Brendon Welten of the AgResearch Group, New Zealand discusses some of the strategies they're using to reduce N losses from grassland soils.

FERTILIZERS 10 December 2025

Claas wins AE50 innovation awards with Jaguar 1000

Claas wins AE50 innovation awards with Jaguar 1000

Claas has won two AE50 innovation awards for its latest Jaguar 1000 series forage harvesters and its Orbis 10500 maize header, Gary Abbott writes.

FARM MACHINERY 10 December 2025

Record number of Irish agri tech and machinery companies exhibit at Lamma

Record number of Irish agri tech and machinery companies exhibit at Lamma

Lamma is taking place at the NEC in Birmingham, with Enterprise Ireland noting this year’s installation features a record number of Irish companies.

NEWS 10 December 2025

Do ice-bank bulk tanks makes sense with solar?

Do ice-bank bulk tanks makes sense with solar?

Aidan Brennan chats to Teagasc research John Upton about the payback for ice-bank bulk tanks with solar electricity generation.

MILK QUALITY 10 December 2025

A visit to the DeLaval headquarters in Sweden

A visit to the DeLaval headquarters in Sweden

Daire Cregg reports from the DeLaval headquarters in Tumba, Sweden, where technology is the name of the game.

MILK QUALITY 10 December 2025

Unlocking Ireland’s agri food edge

Unlocking Ireland’s agri food edge

During her travels Nuffield scholar Molly Garvey found that collaboration between farmers, organisations and policy makers is still possible even across deep divides.

L2 10 December 2025

Labour constraints a big factor in future parlour upgrades

Labour constraints a big factor in future parlour upgrades

Shortages of labour is resulting in many farmers focus on reducing the amount of it they require. Technology is playing a big part according to milking equipment suppliers who attended Dairy Day.

NEWS 10 December 2025

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A message from Bord Bia to Irish farmers and growers

Bord Bia addresses the concerns and misinformation that have been raised in recent weeks.

A message from Bord Bia to Irish farmers and growers

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