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Farmer Writes: the quiet revolution gripping Irish farming
To my mind, farming’s future is not all about increasing scale but being the optimum size and doing that extraordinarily well, writes Gerald Potterton.
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'It gets to the point where you can only charge so much for a steak'
Hundreds of beef-producing companies across the world are expected to compete in this year’s challenge to find the world’s best steak.
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Watch: Beef Summit highlights reel
From protests, speeches and heckling - relive the best moments from the Ballinasloe Beef Summit.
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Smaller numbers and a steady trade at Maam Cross
Nathan Tuffy was at Maam Cross Mart for Saturday's usual cattle sale and looks at how the trade and prices went.
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Last dairy farm inside the M50 stops milking
The Guinness' dairy farm inside Dublin’s M50 stopped milking this week.
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Derogation farms generate €900m per year – IFA
The IFA is running a series of meetings to highlight the importance of the nitrates derogation to Irish farmers.
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Feed additive lifts cow fertility and health
Co Limerick dairy farmer Ned Frost credits a feed additive with improving herd health while simultaneously lifting fertility in his 180-cow Holstein Friesian herd.
Balmoral Show: Co Antrim breeder takes shearling pairs
Well-known Co Antrim cattle and sheep breeder, William McAllister, enjoyed success in the showring on Friday with taking the title for best pair of shearling ewes.
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Hannah Quinn Mulligan presents a round up of the Irish Farmers Journal's Beef Summit in Ballinasloe, Co Galway.
A new live weather page has been launched on the Irish Farmers Journal website. Over the past three months, 24 weather stations were installed on each of the 12 farms participating in our From the Tramlines programme.
Two stations were placed on each farm and record rainfall, temperature, humidity, wind speed, gusts and wind direction.
Live data from each station is beamed directly to our website for readers to view, but they will also be able to access historical data ranging from one hour ago to one month.
Peter Thomas Keaveney took a trip to Headfort farm in Co Meath to catch up with J&C Sheridan who recently made the move to a four row Grimme potato planter.
Euegene Headon and his son Garrett bought a 2010 British built SAM Vision 4000 this year for their contracting and tillage business.
Spring calving draws to a close and thoughts turn to breeding on Ryan McDowell's farm in Co Antrim.
The Irish Farmers Journal team discuss management of these two infectious diseases.
Understanding the basics of lungworm with the coolest vet in the world or the journal vet.
Architect and teacher Eric and Catherine Osborne are determined to put rural Carlow on the map with their unique pub, accommodation and farm at the foot of Mount Leinster.
The Moree herd was dispersed last week in Dungannon, Co Tyrone.
Learn more about the value of sowing Irish certified seed and its importance for the future of tillage farming.
Global Report: stories from around the world
A weekly selection of global news stories that affect demand, supply and prices.
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Farm vouchers to promote use of contractors' precision agriculture
The farm machinery industry and contractor interests across Europe have made a proposal to implement a voucher system to encourage smaller farmers to access precision agriculture technologies.
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AgriArgo appoints product manager
AgriArgo has recently appointed a new product manager for Ireland and the UK.
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IFA potato market report: over 90% of planting now complete
IFA potato market report Tuesday 14/05/2019.
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Grain prices: futures markets down once again
Global grain futures markets all fell over the past week as a result of the continuously increasing new-crop output.
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