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Why subsidy became a dirty word in New Zealand

Nuffield scholar Nick Cotter details his two weeks in New Zealand, learning how the country came to a zero subsidy system and is now combatting rapidly rising multi-active anthelmintic resistance.

FEATURE 9 July 2025

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My Farming Week: Tommy Reidy, Goulane, Castlegregory, Co Kerry

My Farming Week: Tommy Reidy, Goulane, Castlegregory, Co Kerry

FEATURE 11 June 2025

Australian farmers battle drought and floods

Australian farmers battle drought and floods

FEATURE 31 May 2025

Paying for defence and simplifying the CAP

Paying for defence and simplifying the CAP

Paying for defence and simplifying the CAP

FEATURE 23 April 2025

Cliffs of Moher farmers vow to fight threat of CPOs

Cliffs of Moher farmers vow to fight threat of CPOs

Cliffs of Moher farmers vow to fight threat of CPOs

FEATURE 9 April 2025

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My Farming Week: John Crawford, Dowra, Co Leitrim

My Farming Week: John Crawford, Dowra, Co Leitrim

This week, we spoke to John Crawford about his own farm and his family’s in-calf heifer business, which saw triplet heifers born recently.

FEATURE 12 February 2025

Sustainable beef production Australian style

Sustainable beef production Australian style

Patrick Hutchinson tells the Irish Farmers Journal how sustainability fits in to the Australian beef production model.

FEATURE 12 February 2025

Roscommon contractor celebrates 50 years of lime spreading

Roscommon contractor celebrates 50 years of lime spreading

Peter Thomas Keaveney travelled to Elphin in Co Roscommon to catch up with Padraig Berine who was busy spreading lime, now his 50th year at the job.

FARM MACHINERY 12 February 2025

Better to farm under the devilish EU subsidies we know than the devil we don’t

Better to farm under the devilish EU subsidies we know than the devil we don’t

Nuffield Scholar Niall Hurson's travels have taken him around the world, including to Australia, which has led him to take an alternative view of our agricultural regulations and subsidy systems.

FEATURE 12 February 2025

From leafy suburbs to farm ownership in Australia

From leafy suburbs to farm ownership in Australia

Nuffield scholar John Keane reports on two first-generation farmers who got their foot on the land ladder in South Australia.

FEATURE 12 February 2025

Getting an extra €975/ha to graze between the trees

Getting an extra €975/ha to graze between the trees

A farmer in Donegal is pairing up Organic Farming Scheme payments with agro-forestry premia, writes Noel Bardon.

CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENT 12 February 2025

What can producer organisations do for Irish farmers in the future?

What can producer organisations do for Irish farmers in the future?

Given the official recognition of a number of producer organisations (POs) in Ireland of late, how did these groups come about and what they can provide to farmers.

FEATURE 12 February 2025

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'Powering the Future of Farming'

EverPower and Arrabawn Tipperary Co-op announced a strategic solar energy partnership to ‘Power the Future of Farming’. The new alliance will roll out renewable energy across farms and agribusinesses.

'Powering the Future of Farming'

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