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Watch: rearing over two lambs per ewe
A busy lambing period saw record numbers of lambs born per ewe on the Egerton farm
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Agri-innovators sought for Ploughing 2019
This year’s National Ploughing Championships will take place at Ballintrabe, Fenagh, Co Carlow.
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Fields drying up as some farmers wait for rain
Soil moisture deficits are running above 25mm in most parts of the country which is having an impact on growth rates.
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Beef Plan targets Tesco in consumer information campaign
The organisation is to hold a series of information events outside Tesco stores this weekend.
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Ireland waiting for terms of €50m Brussels beef fund - Varadkar
An Taoiseach Leo Varadkar was speaking in the Dáil on Tuesday about the Brexit beef fund.
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Aim beef compensation at genuine farmers, Tipperary IFA meeting told
How to split up the €100m Brexit beef fund was the main focus of discussion at the North Tipperary IFA meeting in Nenagh on Tuesday night.
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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.
In pictures: Irish dogs feature in Skipton spring sale
Robin Moule reports from the latest sale of sheepdogs at Skipton Auction Mart, where a Roscommon family sold several lots.
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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.
Aim beef compensation at genuine farmers, Tipperary IFA meeting told
How to split up the €100m Brexit beef fund was the main focus of discussion at the North Tipperary IFA meeting in Nenagh on Tuesday night.
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In pictures: standout machines at Balmoral 2019
Gary Abbott outlines some of the standout machines at this year’s Balmoral show.
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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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Hands-free hectare becomes hands-free farm
Harper Adams University and Precision Decisions created a ‘hands-free hectare’ in 2016.
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Listen: promising crops in Co Donegal
Stephen Robb talks to Donegal From the Tramlines farmer David Moody about the progress of this year’s winter and spring crops.
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