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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.

CLIMATE TARGETS

Siobhán Walsh

Guinness has plans to reduce barley farmers’ emissions by 30%

Baseline data was gathered from 44 farms over the past few months and the farmers will now work to reduce those emissions.

Stephen Robb

Making jet fuel from slurry

The challenge to decarbonise the aviation sector is great but agriculture could be about to play a pivotal role in the production of sustainable aviation fuel.

Siobhán Walsh

Guinness has plans to reduce barley farmers’ emissions by 30%

Baseline data was gathered from 44 farms over the past few months and the farmers will now work to reduce those emissions.

PODCASTS

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MART REPORTS

Adam Woods

MartBids Database: light cattle up as grass buyers move out

Adam Woods has the latest on this week’s cattle trade, including news of what’s happening in the country’s marts.

Declan Marren

Buoyant mart trade sees throughput up 16%

Sellers continue to vote with their feet when it comes to selling stock, with more and more making best use of a positive trade in the live ring.

Declan Marren

Camera at the Mart: finishers hunt for heavy bulls

The demand for shorter-keep heavy bulls from specialist finishers helped push on the trade in Roscommon on Tuesday evening.

Declan Marren

Calf price update: higher beef calf numbers puts power in buyers' hands

Angus- and Hereford-sired calves now comprise more than 60% of all calves traded in marts, meaning buyers have more choice.

BEEF

Jack Kennedy

Farm Tech Talk - a SCEP special

Martin Merrick

Tullamore Farm update: lambing enters final stages as weather woes continue

Caitríona Morrissey

Italy approves bill that bans fake meat

Rachel Donovan

Beef farmers need to ask more questions when buying calves

FARM PROGRAMMES

SUSTAINABILITY

BEEF

DAIRY

SHEEP

DAIRY

Weekly Podcast: calf export planes and sheep prices

Listen in to this week’s news podcast for all the latest farming news. Hear about what you need to know in this week’s Irish Farmers Journal.

Rachel Donovan

Beef farmers need to ask more questions when buying calves

A lot of dairy farmers are using very poor-quality Hereford and Angus sires according to Alan Dillon, co-ordinator of Teagasc's DairyBeef 500 programme.

Shanon Kinahan

Friesian bulls fly to €5,400 in Nenagh

Martin Merrick

Growth rising as the second round is in sight

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

Jack Kennedy

Farm Tech Talk - a SCEP special

Barry Murphy

Weekly Podcast: calf export planes and sheep prices

Amy Forde

40% of livestock worrying fines unpaid by dog owners

Amy Forde

Sheep farmers can’t take punch after punch without support - Carthy

KNOWLEDGE HUB

LIVESTOCK

Mart Price Calculator

FINANCE

BPS calculator

RESOURCES

Contractor charges

ANIMAL HEALTH

Adam Woods

Weather woes on Tullamore Farm

Adam Woods has the latest report from the Irish Farmers Journal beef and sheep farm.

Peter McCann

NI breeders push for export sales in Britain

The need for the six-month standstill period for Northern Ireland livestock stems from original Brexit withdrawal agreement which came into effect in January 2021.

Peter McCann

UFU rejects splash plate ban proposal

The compulsory use of low emission slurry spreading equipment on all farms in NI has been deemed “not feasible”

Amy Forde

Funding of up to €3m for new research projects available

If we want to future-proof our primary producers and agri-food sector, we need to continue investing heavily in cutting edge research, Minister Martin Heydon said.

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.

SPONSORED

How one beef farmer has made their life easier with Cultivate Farm Finance

Meet Hillary Courtney, a part-time beef farmer, who, like many farmers throughout Ireland, was looking at ways to improve her farm, but was hampered by access to farmer-friendly finance.

SPONSORED

Grazing off to a good start in Killorglin

The farming year has gone off to a good start on Donal Hayes's farm - the winner of the 2022 Kerry Agribusiness milk quality and sustainability award.

SPONSORED

Getting through a Quality Assurance inspection

Damien Murray, Origin Green Standards Co-Coordinator, explains what farmers need to do to be part of the Sustainable Beef and Lamb Assurance Scheme (SBLAS) - A step by step guide.

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AGRIBUSINESS

Barry Murphy

€30m Silver Hill Duck expansion creates 50 new jobs

A Monaghan-based duck producer is expanding its operations as it continues to drive exports to international markets.

Phelim O'Neill

UK investigates Danish pigmeat labeling concerns

Investigation into passing off Danish pigmeat as British ongoing in UK by National Food Crime Unit.

Barry Murphy

Food companies to access Brexit grant of up to €36,000

Food companies can use government funding to bring in consultants to find and strengthen additional export markets outside the UK.

Siobhán Walsh

Grain Trends: recovering from significant drop last week

Grain markets recovered on Friday and into this week after a severe drop last week. Here’s your weekly report.

TILLAGE

Siobhán Walsh

Competition: Arable April begins - get your photos in

Siobhán Walsh

Tillage Podcast: putting numbers behind Irish tillage and emissions reduction

Barry Murphy

4.5% increase in tillage area 2021-2022

Siobhán Walsh

Grain Trends: recovering from significant drop last week

SPONSORED

Getting through a Quality Assurance inspection

Damien Murray, Origin Green Standards Co-Coordinator, explains what farmers need to do to be part of the Sustainable Beef and Lamb Assurance Scheme (SBLAS) - A step by step guide.

MACHINERY

Gary Abbott

TFM to host 40-year anniversary open day on Friday

John Deere dealer, Templetuohy Farm Machinery, will host an open day this Friday at its Thurles depot from 2.30pm to 9.30pm to celebrate its 40th anniversary as John Deere dealer.

Peter Thomas Keaveney

Keenan has no plans to move production to Turkey - for now

Outsourcing production and job losses at Keenan have been all the talk. To get to grips with the story, Peter Thomas Keaveney sat down with Alltech CEO Dr Mark Lyons and Keenan CEO Robbie Walker.

Gary Abbott

Watch: Valtra celebrates 10 years of tailored tractors

This year, Valtra celebrates 10 years of its Unlimited studio, the company’s unique division for tractor customisation. Gary Abbott visited the tractor factory and studio in Suolahti to find out more.

PEDIGREE

Shanon Kinahan

What's on: pedigree sale season is ramping up

Shanon Kinahan looks ahead to another busy chapter in the pedigree sales season.

PROPERTY

Paul Mooney

198ac Glanbia farm on the market

The farm at the rear of the former cheese factory and has been leased out.

Paul Mooney

78ac in east Wicklow going for auction

The holding includes good-quality grassland and diverse woodland and it has road frontage.

Paul Mooney

100ac in Sligo for auction in lots

The farm has a number of cattle sheds and entitlements for EU payments.

BUILDINGS

Martin Merrick

TAMS III opens for 168 investments

The Department of Agriculture has opened applications for the TAMS III Animal Welfare and Nutrient Storage Scheme (AWNSS).

CLIMATE & ENVIRONMENT

Siobhán Walsh

Competition: Arable April begins - get your photos in

The Irish Farmers Journal has teamed up with the Irish Grain Growers’ Group for Arable April. Here are details of the photo competition.

Amy Forde

Farmers reminded to recycle batteries for free

Around 10% of the overall batteries collected by WEEE Ireland are farm fence batteries.

RENEWABLES

Stephen Robb

Bright future for biomethane - ADBA

Chair of the Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources Association Chris Huhne believes that it is an extremely exciting time for the biomethane sector, which is poised for significant growth.

Matt Dempsey

Commissioner Timmermans under pressure

The Future of Farming annual conference took place in Brussels on Tuesday where Commissioner Timmermans repeated his views on reducing pesticides, fertiliser and imported feedstuffs for animals.

FORESTRY

Amy Forde

Forestry programme delays will have ‘serious implications’ for climate target

The Climate Action Plan has a target to plant 8,000ha per annum up to 2025.

Declan O’Brien

Foresters seek political pressure to end ash dieback ‘malaise’

Cross-party support is needed to end the ash dieback saga, the Social Economic and Environmental Forestry Association (SEEFA) has said.

NORTHERN IRELAND

David Wright

NI news: wildfires and soil training

Weekly news in-brief from across the farming and food industry in Northern Ireland.

Kieran Mailey

Beef prices edging closer to 500p/kg

Finished cattle prices continue to rise in Northern Ireland and are closing in on a significant milestone.

IRISH COUNTRY LIVING

Life

Kilbrittain Tractor Run: an update for autism awareness month

Jim O’Mahony, is a well-known machinery sales rep from Cork. He talks revving up support for autism as Chair of Kilbrittain tractor run. In conversation with Caitríona Bolger.

Life

What do you buy the man who has everything? Food!

Life

Autism awareness month: in his own words

Life

Welcome to a week in the country

Life

FéRí: Slow, sustainable fashion; from the farm

Enda Murphy

What is the love hormone; and how does it affect men and women?

Ever heard of the ‘love hormone’? Enda Murphy, psychotherapist and director of SeeMe.ie, explains what oxytocin is; and how it affects men and women differently.

Contributor

Kate Durrant writes: tackling a different challenge during the Six Nations

Kate Durrant was celebrating the Six Nations tournament for slightly different reasons to most sports fans.

Neven Maguire

Crumbles and pies bring back great childhood memories

These kinds of recipes are often some of the first things we learn to bake as children - this is definitely true in Neven Maguire's case

Katherine O'Leary

Katherine's Country: wedding invitation is a cause for celebration

Katherine O’Leary writes that a wedding invitation is a reason to celebrate and she considers it a mini holiday. There is always the option to decline the invitation.

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