Farm programmes

The latest news and features from the Irish Farmers Journal farm programmes and demonstration farms.

Tillage
Potatoes and fodder beet thriving
Conor Kehoe
This week, Conor Kehoe talks to farmers in Waterford, Cork, and Donegal where crops look to have very good potential.
Potatoes and fodder beet thriving
 
 
The good farmer: lessons from Lithuania
Farm Programmes
The good farmer: lessons from Lithuania
Heifer scanning results are in on Tullamore farm
Farm Programmes
Heifer scanning results are in on Tullamore farm
Tullamore Farm: arrival of rain revs up grass growth and weight gains
Farm Programmes
Tullamore Farm: arrival of rain revs up grass growth and weight gains
Early harvest expected for most crops
Tillage
Early harvest expected for most crops
VIDEOS
TULLAMORE FARM
Heifer scanning results are in on Tullamore farm
Rachel Gallagher
Heifer scanning results are in on Tullamore farm
Farm manager Shaun Diver and Rachel Gallagher sat down this week to analyse the heifer scanning results.
Tullamore Farm: arrival of rain revs up grass growth and weight gains
Adam Woods
Tullamore Farm: arrival of rain revs up grass growth and weight gains
Adam Woods has the latest on what’s been happening on Tullamore Farm this week.
Lamb weights analysed this week on Tullamore Farm
Rachel Gallagher
Lamb weights analysed this week on Tullamore Farm
Rachel Gallagher and farm manager Shaun Diver look at how lambs have been performing so far on Tullamore Farm.
Warm weather affecting grass growth on Tullamore Farm
Rachel Gallagher
Warm weather affecting grass growth on Tullamore Farm
Rachel Gallagher talks with farm manager Shaun Diver on things have been going this week on Tullamore Farm.
FOOTPRINT FARMERS
The good farmer: lessons from Lithuania
Brendan Dunford
The good farmer: lessons from Lithuania
The principles that lured Andrius and Rasa Prusakovai away from professional careers to a farming life, align closely with social principles presented at a recent Teagasc event.
Inch by inch: restoring habitats in Co Donegal
Brendan Dunford
Inch by inch: restoring habitats in Co Donegal
Strahack farm is a model example of how funding and advice, channelled through an enthusiastic farmer, can, over time, yield spectacular results for nature, writes Brendan Dunford.
Transformative thinking in Co Kerry
Brendan Dunford
Transformative thinking in Co Kerry
Thomas and Claire O’Connor’s phenomenal energy and missionary-like zeal has transformed their local landscape, unleashing the land’s massive potential for growth, writes Brendan Dunford.
Finding compromise is the key to conservation for Kilkenny farmer
Brendan Dunford
Finding compromise is the key to conservation for Kilkenny farmer
William Nicholson’s story is a welcome example of how farmers and ecologists can collaborate for the benefit of both the farmer and the land’s natural assets, writes Brendan Dunford.
The good farmer: lessons from LithuaniaSPONSORED
The good farmer: lessons from Lithuania
The principles that lured Andrius and Rasa Prusakovai away from professional careers to a farming life, align closely with social principles presented at a recent Teagasc event.
Inch by inch: restoring habitats in Co DonegalSPONSORED
Inch by inch: restoring habitats in Co Donegal
Strahack farm is a model example of how funding and advice, channelled through an enthusiastic farmer, can, over time, yield spectacular results for nature, writes Brendan Dunford.
Transformative thinking in Co KerrySPONSORED
Transformative thinking in Co Kerry
Thomas and Claire O’Connor’s phenomenal energy and missionary-like zeal has transformed their local landscape, unleashing the land’s massive potential for growth, writes Brendan Dunford.
Finding compromise is the key to conservation for Kilkenny farmerSPONSORED
Finding compromise is the key to conservation for Kilkenny farmer
William Nicholson’s story is a welcome example of how farmers and ecologists can collaborate for the benefit of both the farmer and the land’s natural assets, writes Brendan Dunford.
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