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With organic farming now using 5% of Irish farm land with a target of growing to 10% Emmet Doyle, Organic sector manager Bord Bia reports on finding markets for this expanding category.

GENERAL ELECTION 2024

Micheál Martin sure to lead the next Government

Pat O'Toole

Micheál Martin sure to lead the next Government

The Fianna Fáil leader will lead his party back into government as clearly the largest party in the country again.

Soc Dems rising in the south as Fine Gael fade

Pat O'Toole

Soc Dems rising in the south as Fine Gael fade

With three seats gained in Cork - and in the fight for a seat in Carlow-Kilkenny - the Social Democrats have had a good election.

No Rabbitte and no Hutch in next Dáil but McConalogue looking more likely

Pat O'Toole

No Rabbitte and no Hutch in next Dáil but McConalogue looking more likely

A quick update on the constituencies in the Midlands North West, as Brussels calls it.

Opinion: 10 takeaways from day one of the general election count

Pat O'Toole

Opinion: 10 takeaways from day one of the general election count

With first counts almost completed, we can see how Ireland has voted in this election. But what kind of government will we get as a result?

FTMTA

Tractors from 141hp to 160hp in top demand

Peter Thomas Keaveney

Tractors from 141hp to 160hp in top demand

For the year to date, the 141 to 160hp category is proving the most popular, accounting for just under 20% of all new tractor registrations.

FTMTA Farm Machinery Show highlights continued

Gary Abbott

FTMTA Farm Machinery Show highlights continued

Last week the hugely successful FTMTA Farm Machinery Show took place at Punchestown Event Centre. Gary Abbott looks at part two of the shows highlights.

Jack Kennedy

Farm Tech Talk: all things machinery at the FTMTA show

On this week's Farm Tech Talk we're all about farm machinery, with our specialists reporting from the FTMTA machinery show.

Peter Thomas Keaveney

In pictures: big crowds and big kit impresses at FTMTA Show

This week marked the welcomed return of the indoor FTMTA Farm Machinery Show at the Punchestown Event Centre for the first time since 2019.

MART REPORTS

Darren Carty

Watch: lambs top €200 in Kilkenny Mart

The factory trade has also jumped in recent days with groups securing returns of €8.25/kg to €8.35/kg and upwards of €8.40/kg paid at the higher end of the market.

Rachel Gallagher

Camera at the Mart: demand for quality weanlings high in Milford

Rachel Gallagher reports from the weekly weanling sale held in Milford Livestock Mart.

Camera at the Mart: cracking Christmas fatstock show and sale in Kanturk

Tommy Moyles

Camera at the Mart: cracking Christmas fatstock show and sale in Kanturk

Factory demand for forward and heavy cattle was very evident at the annual fatstock show and sale in Kanturk Mart. Aside from the prizewinners, similar prices were on offer in the general sale.

PODCASTS

VIDEO HUB

BEEF

Nevan McKiernan

Lisglass and Haystar set the standard at Simmental calf show

Adam Woods

Beef quotes keep creeping up

700 farmers apply for Organic Farming Scheme

Darren Carty

700 farmers apply for Organic Farming Scheme

New map shows TB breakdowns in your local area

Amy Forde

New map shows TB breakdowns in your local area

FARM PROGRAMMES

SUSTAINABILITY

BEEF

DAIRY

SHEEP

DAIRY

Anne O'Donoghue

TB keeps Department secretary general awake at night

There is a perception that TB is only spread by wildlife, when there are actually many factors, Department of Agriculture secretary general Brendan Gleeson said.

2025 milk price should increase slightly - Ornua CEO

Anne O'Donoghue

2025 milk price should increase slightly - Ornua CEO

Ornua CEO Conor Galvin was speaking at the ICMSA’s AGM at the Radisson in Limerick on Monday 2 December.

Aidan Brennan

Dairy Management: new soiled water rules kick in

Martin Merrick

Teagasc data points to increased storage requirement for slurry and soiled water

SPONSORED

Land purchase considerations: key factors for farmers

The nature of farming like any business, is that farmers are continually investing in their farms, land, infrastructure, buildings, stock and machinery to improve on-farm efficiencies or productivity

SHEEP

Darren Carty

Watch: lambs top €200 in Kilkenny Mart

Darren Carty

700 farmers apply for Organic Farming Scheme

Rachel Gallagher

All-star Suffolk sale tops at €4,200

Rachel Gallagher

Derg Envy tops Sassy Sapphires at £4,500

KNOWLEDGE HUB

LIVESTOCK

Crop Protection

LIVESTOCK

Nitrates derogation calculator

LIVESTOCK

Mart Price Calculator

FINANCE

BPS calculator

ANIMAL HEALTH

James Hanly

Lloyd Pearson announced as AgTech Ireland chair

The organisation’s new chair also launched the AgTech Ireland 2024 general election manifesto on Monday.

Beef Management: ration formulation and final suckler event

Adam Woods

Beef Management: ration formulation and final suckler event

This week, Adam Woods takes a look at ration formulation and previews the final event in our Irish Farmers Journal suckler series.

PEDIGREE

Nevan McKiernan

Lisglass and Haystar set the standard at Simmental calf show

Nevan McKiernan reports from the Northern Ireland Simmental club calf show in Ballymena Livestock Market.

Rachel Gallagher

All-star Suffolk sale tops at €4,200

Rachel Gallagher reports from Blessington Livestock Mart for the all-star Suffolk sale and the Errigal flock dispersal.

SPONSORED

Famous 'Sheep Shepherd' duo trusts Tribamec Duo

Tribamec Duo combines Chanelle Pharma’s established products - Animec Oral solution for sheep and Tribex 5% oral suspension for sheep. The unique blend equips it to combat a range of sheep parasites.

SPONSORED

Be on your guard for scouring calves

Calf scour is the most common disease of dairy-bred calves, but by maximising immune function and minimising your calves’ exposure to the problem, you can make your rearing unit more resilient.

SPONSORED

Getting through the first SBLAS audit

Damien Murray, Origin Green Producer Liaison & Standard Co-Coordinator gives a step by step guide for new suckler members of SBLAS facing their first audit.

SPONSORED

Bennettsbridge Limestone’s Cubicle Lime: boosting cow comfort and milk yield

Bennettsbridge Limestone’s Cubicle Lime is a unique disinfectant-style product which has been formulated using a blend of superfine limestone powder and hydrated lime.

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AGRIBUSINESS

Sparks fly at Kerry meeting in Newcastle West

Lorcan Roche Kelly

Sparks fly at Kerry meeting in Newcastle West

Very well attended information meeting heard opposing views on Kerry proposal.

Phelim O'Neill

Guide: EU trade deal approval process

With the Mercosur trade deal making headlines, we look at how trade deals are approved in the EU.

Lorcan Roche Kelly

Know your ABCs of Kerry deal

There are some huge sums of money for shareholders involved in the proposal.

Woulfe looks for a great leap forward in soil nutrition

Lorcan Roche Kelly

Woulfe looks for a great leap forward in soil nutrition

Industry veteran talked about the challenges that will come from feeding 10bn.

TILLAGE

Siobhán Walsh

Survey: regulations pressuring tillage farmers

Siobhán Walsh

Tillage Podcast: potatoes, harvest yields and winter area

Grain Trends: international markets drop this week

Siobhán Walsh

Grain Trends: international markets drop this week

Tillage Management: calendar dates to remember

Siobhán Walsh

950 applications for straw baling payment

SPONSORED

Sustainability progress on Irish farms

Origin Green sustainability and data analytics manager Dr Eleanor Murphy reports on Irish farm emissions.

MACHINERY

Gary Abbott

Väderstad increases hopper on Spirit drills

Väderstad has added the option of a 25% larger hopper to its Spirit seed drills, taking maximum capacity on particular models to 5,000l.

Peter Thomas Keaveney

Kuhn launches new double-compartment front hopper

Kuhn has unveiled its new universal front hopper, named the TF 2300 C, which has a 2,360-litre capacity and has a double compartment.

Noel Bardon

Contractors sought for TG4 series

Noel Bardon

Contractor group surveys political parties ahead of election

Peter Thomas Keaveney

Tractors from 141hp to 160hp in top demand

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.

PROPERTY

Tommy Moyles

Top quality glassland up for auction

A circa 46ac non-residential farm in Co Wicklow goes for auction in December. All in one block, it is served by an excellent road network, writes Tommy Moyles.

Model farm in ‘Model County’ from the 1960s

Tommy Moyles

Model farm in ‘Model County’ from the 1960s

A circa 40ac residential farm in CO Wexford goes for public auction in early December and contains a nice mix of house, yard and good quality farmland, writes Tommy Moyles.

Non-residential farm with motorway frontage

Tommy Moyles

Non-residential farm with motorway frontage

An excellent 40ac non-residential farm in Co Tipperary is going for public auction in December, writes Tommy Moyles.

BUILDINGS

Closing date for TAMS III tranche 5 nears as tranche 3 approvals near completion

Martin Merrick

Closing date for TAMS III tranche 5 nears as tranche 3 approvals near completion

The closing date for tranche 5 is fast approaching, though the next tranche will open shortly after.

CLIMATE & ENVIRONMENT

Noel Bardon

Find out how to access water quality funds at Meath event next week

The farm event will take place on a farm in Moynalty, Co Meath, on Tuesday 3 December.

Noel Bardon

Up to €2,000/ha for 600 farmers in water quality pilot project

There are five sub-catchments across the country in which farmers can apply to take part.

RENEWABLES

Stephen Robb

New wind farm set for Cork

The 50:50 partnership between the Danish developer and Irish semi-state companies will see the construction of 16 wind turbines up to 185 metres tall between Millstreet and Macroom, Cork.

Stephen Robb

700ac bog solar farm nears completion

Bord na Móna and ESB are nearing completion of the largest solar farm in Europe to be built on cutover peatland in Kildare

FORESTRY

Declan O’Brien

Temporary rebound forecast for forestry

Forestry plantings could top 2,500ha in 2025, up from 1,650ha in 2023 and similar levels this year.

Party manifestos avoid forestry's role in achieving net zero by mid-century

Donal Magner

Party manifestos avoid forestry's role in achieving net zero by mid-century

Fine Gael, Labour and Green Party strongest on a balanced ecological and commercial forestry programme, while Sinn Féin proposes native only tree species.

NORTHERN IRELAND

David Wright

NI chief vet outlines 'novel' plan for TB

The plan for wildlife intervention relies heavily on a research study done in Co Down, known as TVR

Peter McCann

News round-up from Northern Ireland

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

IRISH COUNTRY LIVING

Life

Have your say on rural planning issues

A new series on rural planning will look at all aspects of the process for people trying to build a home in rural Ireland.

Comment

Editorial: when the votes are counted

Careers

Careers: industry movers and shakers as senior changes made

Property

Model farm in ‘Model County’ from the 1960s

Property

Non-residential farm with motorway frontage

Rustic farmstead with renovation potential

Tommy Moyles

Rustic farmstead with renovation potential

A circa 118ac residential farm containing a house that needs some modernising – it’s one to watch, writes Tommy Moyles.

76ac residential farm is on the market in Cork

Tommy Moyles

76ac residential farm is on the market in Cork

A short distance east of Dunmanway, the property includes a residence and farmyard that contains a mix of modern and older style farm buildings, writes Tommy Moyles.

117ac stud farm in heart of Point-to-Point country

Tommy Moyles

117ac stud farm in heart of Point-to-Point country

Centrally based in Co Waterford, the property is within easy access of all top Irish racecourses and has accomodation for 30 horses, writes Tommy Moyles.