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ACA organic online meetings open to all farmers 29 November & 6 December

Open online meetings will be held for farmers and their families to engage in meaningful discussions about the various procedures and best practices associated with organic farming enterprises.

CLIMATE TARGETS

Contributor

How your climate actions impact your carbon footprint

In this article Tom O’Dwyer, head of the Signpost Programme at Teagasc, explains some of the ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions on your farm and how the action affects your carbon footprint.

Lorcan Roche Kelly

The COP28 summit once again shows the resistance to tackling fossil fuels

Oil exporters are using veto to block major environmental progress, writes Lorcan Roche Kelly

Contributor

Reducing the age at slaughter, while increasing carcase weight

These farmers have managed to significantly reduce the age of their animals at slaughter while also increasing the carcase weight of those animals.

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MART REPORTS

Darren Carty

Sheep mart prices: agents reluctant to let sheep home unsold

Factory agents remain coy in their purchasing behaviour and while reluctant to pay higher, are keen to use mart sales to try to increase throughput.

MartBids Database: factories driving mart trade

Adam Woods

MartBids Database: factories driving mart trade

Adam Woods has the latest on this week’s mart trade, including what’s currently driving the trade.

Adam Woods

Camera at the Mart: NI factory agents drive Raphoe fatstock trade

Adam Woods reports from Raphoe Mart's annual fatstock sale, which took place last Friday.

Shanon Kinahan

Camera at the Mart: weanlings wind up for festive season in Portumna

Shanon Kinahan was in Portumna Mart on Monday evening for its final weanling sale of 2023.

BEEF

Darren Carty

Lower cow star ratings - are changing percentiles responsible?

Kieran Mailey

Five tips to move store cattle into the finishing period

Shanon Kinahan

Festive female fun in Randalstown

Noel Bardon

Global demand for beef imports to rise as EU output falls

FARM PROGRAMMES

SUSTAINABILITY

BEEF

DAIRY

SHEEP

DAIRY

New issue of Irish Dairy Farmer out now

The latest issue of the Irish Dairy Farmer magazine features farmers from across Ireland, Denmark and the US, writes Aidan Brennan.

Amy Forde

Zoe Kavanagh to step down as National Dairy Council CEO in 2024

A formal recruitment process for a new chief executive of the NDC will commence immediately.

Caitríona Morrissey

Denmark’s derogation talks ‘one to watch’ for Ireland

Aidan Brennan

Dairy Trends: GDT increases by 1.6% as markets remain steady

SPONSORED

NCBC Dairy-Beef Series Episode 1: Eoin McDonald & Declan Butler

Welcome to the NCBC Dairy-Beef Series, brought to you by Progressive Genetics, Munster Bovine and proudly supported by ABP.

SHEEP

Darren Carty

Temporary sheep movements - keeping paperwork on track

Adam Woods

Festive Crackers gearing up for a cracking sale

Darren Carty

Lamb quotes quickly rebound by 10c/kg

Sheep Trends: quotes rebound by 10c/kg as supplies tighten

Darren Carty

Sheep Trends: quotes rebound by 10c/kg as supplies tighten

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FINANCE

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RESOURCES

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ANIMAL HEALTH

Anne O'Donoghue

IFA calls for deer recommendations to be implemented in new year

The recently published deer management report represents progress, the IFA has said.

Noel Bardon

IFA blames Department for fallen animal collection strike

A dispute over Department subsidies for knackeries has led to fallen animal collection services taking strike action.

PEDIGREE

Adam Woods

Festive Crackers gearing up for a cracking sale

Calling all Texel lovers, Shanon Kinahan has all the details of the upcoming Festive Crackers sale of Texel Females.

Shanon Kinahan

Festive female fun in Randalstown

Shanon Kinahan has all the details of the upcoming Jalex select festive female sale, which takes place on 30 December.

SPONSORED

ACA organic online meetings open to all farmers 29 November & 6 December

Open online meetings will be held for farmers and their families to engage in meaningful discussions about the various procedures and best practices associated with organic farming enterprises.

SPONSORED

GAIN Pre-Calver Gold success on Laois farm

Dairy farmers Richard and Ian Galbraith discuss the success of supplementing GAIN Pre-Calver Gold to their 110-cow herd in Co Laois.

SPONSORED

Harnessing the Soil Microbiome for Sustainable Agriculture in the 'Human' Era

Science Week is a national celebration of science, with hundreds of in-person and hybrid events taking place nationwide. Running from 12-19 November

SPONSORED

New quad bike regulations - are you ready?

Quad bikes are designed to cope with a wide variety of terrain types and so are a fantastic aid for farm work - by Ciaran Roche, FBD risk manager.

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AGRIBUSINESS

Phelim O'Neill

Commission President got agriculture the wrong way round

It is a pity that EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen didn't deliver this year's speech to the Agriculture Outlook conference at her first conference in 2019.

Lorcan Roche Kelly

Kerry survey is more than 50 questions that really only asks two

Co-op is trying to get a measure on where future milk suppliers might be.

Phelim O'Neill

Money rolling in to promote organic farming

Organic farming attracts funding from production through to promotion, much to the envy of farmers in other sectors.

Stephen Robb

Renewable energy giant Ørsted to build 316ac solar farm in Carlow

Located 15km outside of Carlow town, the 81MW solar development is expected to be operational by 2026.

TILLAGE

Siobhán Walsh

Average loss of €5,000 where winter crops not planted

Amy Forde

Protein Aid Scheme payments issue to farmers

Siobhán Walsh

Tillage Podcast: US expert talks crop insurance and grain markets

Declan O’Brien

Warnings of a Christmas spud shortage rubbished

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If you go down to the woods today, snap some pics and be in to win!

Can you capture that special autumnal image or perhaps a stunning photo of life in the forest?

MACHINERY

Gary Abbott

Alliance debuts Agriflex hybrid VF tyre range

Yokohama off-highway tyres (YOHT) has launched the new Alliance Agriflex+ 373 hybrid VF tyre range, designed for both field applications and road transport.

Peter Thomas Keaveney

Kverneland group appoints new president and CEO

Yasukazu Kamada will hand over his management of the Kverneland group on 1 January 2024 to Arild Gjerde as new president and CEO of the group.

Gary Abbott

New dealer appointed for Landini in Donegal

Peter Thomas Keaveney

Claas launches new generation of front loaders

Peter Thomas Keaveney

Amazone adds new Centaya-C Special with twin-chamber hopper

SPONSORED

Ireland’s Solar Future: Neoen Partners with Farmers for a Greener Future

Neoen stands as a prominent global figure in renewable energy, with a commitment to producing large-scale, cost-effective and sustainable power.

PROPERTY

Paul Mooney

23.4ac of good land in quiet countryside

This is an area of intensive farming on good limestone land, writes Paul Mooney.

Paul Mooney

It’s all about location, location in Co Wexford

Located near Enniscorthy, this farm sits between the town and motorway, with plenty of road frontage, writes Paul Mooney.

Paul Mooney

Roscommon farm – the bread and butter of the farmland property market

This 55ac Ballintubber farm with a four-bed house and yard is within reach of many potential buyers, writes Paul Mooney.

BUILDINGS

Martin Merrick

174ha of agricultural construction receives planning permission

The third quarter of 2023 has seen planning permissions granted rise by 37% when compared with the same period last year.

CLIMATE & ENVIRONMENT

Declan O’Brien

Agreed Irish position sought on Nature Restoration Law

The Irish amendment seeks to make the law optional for farmers and remove the obligation to re-wet drained peatlands or restore former habitats.

Minister seeks one year delay for new CAP peatland rules

Noel Bardon

Minister seeks one year delay for new CAP peatland rules

The Department of Agriculture is seeking the flexibility to push back the start date for new CAP peatland rules, which had been planned to take effect from January 2024.

RENEWABLES

Stephen Robb

Renewable energy giant Ørsted to build 316ac solar farm in Carlow

Located 15km outside of Carlow town, the 81MW solar development is expected to be operational by 2026.

Stephen Robb

Agri-food sector may struggle to compete for biomethane on open market

Demand from the industry for biomethane is at a pivotal point with many large energy users now seeking biomethane as a means to decarbonise.

FORESTRY

Declan O’Brien

Licensing delays 'costing forestry jobs'

The issuing of just three afforestation licences in a week wouldn't keep a whole lot of people active, private foresters pointed out.

Noel Bardon

Department awards €1.6m in funds to projects promoting forestry

Groups successful in accessing the funds include the ACA, Coillte, an Taisce and the ibec-affiliated Forest Industries Ireland.

NORTHERN IRELAND

Peter McCann

News round-up from Northern Ireland

Weekly round-up of news from the farming industry in Northern Ireland.

Peter McCann

NI fertiliser deliveries hit another new low

The new statistics back up reports from local merchants that fertiliser sales remained quiet throughout July, August, and September this year.

IRISH COUNTRY LIVING

Life

Meet The Maker: ceramic artist Ola Wartak-Tolak

In this week’s Meet The Maker, Maria Moynihan chats to ceramic artist Ola Wartak-Tolak.

Finance

Legal: ‘as a trained farmer, how do I claim for stamp relief’?

Entertainment

‘Connacht must regroup quickly for the next clash’

Comment

Katherine's Country: ‘the birth of every baby is special'

Life

Welcome to a week in the country

Ronan Groome

Irish Horse: Teahupoo toughs it out again in Hatton’s Grace

The Robcour-owned six-year-old further strengthened the lead of both Gordon Elliott and Jack Kennedy in their respective championships, writes Ronan Groome.