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Pat O'Toole on 14 September 2021
Sectoral targets may define the decade in farming
While most pieces of the jigsaw of farm strategy are in place, we can't see the final picture until farming knows what the Climate Action Strategy will demand of it.
Ellen Durkin on 12 September 2021
Island farming: 'depopulation is an issue, we'd love to see younger farmers'
Ellen Durkin speaks to John McCafferty, chair of Arranmore IFA, about all things island farming.
Amy Forde on 2 June 2021
In pictures: our favourite readers' photos this week
Take a look at some of our favourite reader photos of the week taken on farms across the country.
Lorcan Allen on 31 May 2021
A return to value shopping will be the big trend after COVID-19, says Lidl boss
Lorcan Allen speaks to JP Scally, chief executive of Lidl Ireland and Northern Ireland, about the unprecedented challenges presented to the grocery retail sector by COVID-19.
Amy Forde on 5 May 2021
Listen: all farmland has a nature value, new map shows
New land map shows one size does not fit all in terms of policy and the diversity of Irish land.
Peter Thomas Keaveney on 17 March 2021
Ireland’s first water leak detection dog gets to work in Roscommon
Peter Thomas Keaveney travelled to Roscommon to catch up with Enda and the team at Anubis Detection, the first in Ireland to have trained a Springer Spaniel dog for detecting underground water leaks.
Barry Cassidy on 15 March 2021
Farmer tells of heartbreak after farm transferred to brother
A man wrote to the Ryan Tubridy Show to express the pain he has felt since his brother became the sole inheritor of the family farm.
Katriona Kinsella on 14 February 2021
Love without the pub this Valentine’s Day
Love doctor Willie Daly says there is a trend of city girls looking to meet farmers.
Pat O'Toole on 5 February 2021
Plenty of amateur dramatics to creating a stage on the farm
Tommy Moyles tells Pat O'Toole of how there are advantages to farming when preparing for a part in an amateur drama production.
Aidan Brennan on 23 January 2021
Long Read: who is Caroline Walsh, Grassland Farmer of the Year?
Aidan Brennan profiles Caroline Walsh, winner of the Grassland Farmer of the Year for 2020
Justin McCarthy on 20 January 2021
Tom Vilsack – a man with unfinished business
As Tom Vilsack returns to the White House as US secretary for agriculture, we look back on an exclusive interview with the Irish Farmers Journal in 2014.
Katie Barragry on 27 December 2020
Hospitality in 2020: 'Another nail in the coffin for rural Ireland'
2020 has been extremely challenging for the hospitality sector, with forced closures at different stages throughout the year due to COVID-19. Publican Pat Gilmore discusses the year.
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