Focus supplements

Agri finance Agri jobs Agri Technology Agri-schemes AI Beef Breeding Animal Health Baled silage Beef breeding Breeding Calves Crop protection Crops and spraying Dairy Equipment Farm buildings Farm safety Fertilizers Fodder Forestry Grass silage Infrastructure Insurance Lambing Liquid Milk Marts Milk quality Moorepark Nitrates Pensions & Savings Pigs Ploughing 2025 Poultry Renewables Reseeding Sheep breeding Sheep handling Shows & showing Signpost Programme Spring AI Spring crop options Spring planning Sucklers Sustainability Tagging Tullamore Show Varieties Winter AI Winter Feed Winter Indoor Management

Supports are restoring confidence

Never a better time to invest in forestry as supports increased and farmer definition for forestry applicants simplified, writes Michael Healy-Rae, Minister of State.

FORESTRY 18 March 2026

Supports are restoring confidence

MOST READ STORIES

1

2

3

4

5

Sustainably grown Irish wood key element in reducing carbon footprint

Sustainably grown Irish wood key element in reducing carbon footprint

FORESTRY 18 March 2026

Farmers
need clear signals on forestry goals

Farmers need clear signals on forestry goals

FORESTRY 18 March 2026

Watercourses, buffers and forage crops

Watercourses, buffers and forage crops

Watercourses, buffers and forage crops

FODDER 18 March 2026

Is maize and beet necessary on dairy farms?

Is maize and beet necessary on dairy farms?

Is maize and beet necessary on dairy farms?

SPRING CROP OPTIONS 18 March 2026

ADVERTISEMENT

MOST READ STORIES

1

2

3

4

5

What shall we do with our hardwoods and non-spruce softwoods?

What shall we do with our hardwoods and non-spruce softwoods?

The Irish Sawmillers Guild (ISG) brings forest owners, small sawmillers, and woodworkers together to maximise hardwoods and 'minor conifers'.

FORESTRY 11 March 2026

New lease of life for afforestation?

New lease of life for afforestation?

Increases in fencing grants, flexibility in peatland planting and redefinition of qualifying farmers welcomed in MTR, but compatibility between forestry and other land uses need to be addressed.

FORESTRY 11 March 2026

Camera at the Mart: trade remains strong in Kilkenny

Camera at the Mart: trade remains strong in Kilkenny

Cathal Gormley reports from the weekly suckler calf sale in Kilkenny, where over 500 calves was on offer.

MARTS 11 March 2026

Olcastletown Mojo keeps its top spot

Olcastletown Mojo keeps its top spot

Aidan Brennan looks at some of the trends in the latest active bull list published by ICBF

SPRING AI 11 March 2026

Comment: where to next for the Irish breeding programme?

Comment: where to next for the Irish breeding programme?

Aidan Brennan takes a look at some of the key trends in dairy breeding, both nationally and globally and asks what needs to happen next.

SPRING AI 11 March 2026

7c/litre difference in high- versus low-EBI herds

7c/litre difference in high- versus low-EBI herds

A simple study carried out by Lakeland Dairies and Teagasc is showing that higher EBI cows are generating significantly more income than their lower EBI comrades, writes Daire Cregg.

SPRING AI 11 March 2026

Another year, another breeding season

Another year, another breeding season

Aidan Brennan looks ahead at some of the key trends in the world of AI for the upcoming breeding season

SPRING AI 11 March 2026

SPONSORED

Cutting clean in tough conditions: Conal Moore on running Krone EasyCut Mowers

Conal Moore an agri contractor and tillage framer from Ballygar Co Galway. “We do a lot of reseeding, slurry spreading and tillage work but baling would be our main enterprise”.

Cutting clean in tough conditions: Conal Moore on running Krone EasyCut Mowers

LOAD MORE STORIES