Thursday, 1 December

IFA Regional Sheep Meeting 8pm. Graiguenamanagh Hall, Co Kilkenny. Enq: 056-776 3404

Teagasc/Inishowen Co-op Sheep Seminar 7.30pm. Carndonagh. Speakers incl: Darren Carty, Irish Farmers Journal. Enq: 087-614 8373

North Eastern Limousin Club meeting 8pm. Lakeside Manor, Virginia, Co Cavan. Guest Speaker: Adam Woods, Beef Editor, Irish Farmers Journal.

Friday, 2 December

IFA Rally on importance of Areas of Natural Constraint (ANC) payments 8pm. Bush Hotel Carrick-on-Shannon.

Monday, 5 December

Kildare Holstein Friesian Club meeting 8.30pm. Toughers, Naas, Co. Kildare. Meeting preceded by AGM. Enq: John O’Dea 087-262 5144.

IFA Farm Family Committee meeting 8.30pm. The Rose Hotel, Tralee.

Tuesday, 6 December

Bord Bia organic sheep meeting 8pm. Killeshin Hotel, Co Laois.

IFA modern technology course 8pm. Blackwater Learning Centre. Enq: 086-3344824

Wednesday, 7 December

GLAS Cover Crops meeting – Benefits and utilisation on mixed enterprise farm 1.30pm. Mervyn and George Sunderland’s Farm, Ballinvalley, Redcross, Co Wicklow. Enq: 059-648 1266.

Thursday, 8 December

IFA Regional Meeting 8.30pm. Ring of Kerry Hotel, Caherciveen.

ITLUS winter conference Tillage – An Unlevel playing Field 9.30am-4.30pm. Clanard Court Hotel, Athy, Co Kildare. Enq: Dick Fitzgerald 086-8530939.

Royal Ulster Winter Fair. Eikon Exhibition Centre, Balmoral Park, Lisburn. Enq: 0044(0)28 9066 5225.

Sunday, 11 December

Broadford Christmas Fair and Farmers market, Co Limerick 10am. Enq: 086-8381427

Monday, 12 December

Kerry IFA County Executive meeting 8.30pm. The Rose Hotel, Tralee.

Tuesday, 13 December

Harvesting Knowledge: Big Data in Agriculture and Food Seminar. 9am - 4.30pm. The UCD School of Agriculture, Belfield, Dublin. Admission free, but you must register: www.ucd.ie/agrifood-bigdata

Wednesday, 14 December

Limerick IFA County Executive Meeting 8.30 pm. Woodlands House Hotel, Adare.

UCD School of Agriculture & Food Science Research Seminar Series Research for Sustaining Nutrition and Health: Facing the Challenges of Population Growth and Climate Change 1pm. Dr Jim Kaput, Nestle Institute of Health Sciences, Lausanne, Switzerland. Room G-08, Agriculture & Food Science Centre, UCD. Free but must register. Enq: 01-7167192.

Teagasc National Dairy Conferences Technologies for Success 9am-5pm. KT dairy event. 6 December - Rochestown Park Hotel, Cork. 7 December - Mullingar Park Hotel.

Irish Family Farm Rights Group public meetings on crisis in farming 8pm. Enq: 086-8149970. 5 December - Railway Bar, Abbeyfeale, Co Limerick. 15 December - Curley’s Bar, Portumna, Co Galway.