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The latest farming news and developments from the Irish Farmers Journal. Keep up to date with breaking news stories from the agriculture sector.

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Capper Trading’s Complete Rations

Assuming protein and mineral levels are sufficient in the diet, the performance of finishing cattle is driven by the energy content of the overall diet

VIEWPOINTS

Editorial: Young leaders stepping up to the plate

Jack Kennedy

Dempsey at Large: a bland consensus but still worthwhile

Matt Dempsey

Home Farm: some cattle in, mole ploughing in tillage

Matt Dempsey

View from China: A moment of introspection for China's beef giants

Contributor

FARMER WRITES

Gerald Potterton

Farmer Writes: spring barley set to be our harvest saviour

Good old spring barley, I thought to myself from the combine seat, it’s an unlikely saviour, but it will be the crop of the harvest, writes Gerald Potterton.

Karen McCabe

Farmer Writes: resilient suckler farmers

There’s an enormous amount of resilience in suckler farmers (this could also be termed stubbornness) and year after year we do what we can with what we’ve got.

Joe Collingborn

Farmer Writes: the trials of dairy farming

Contributor

Farmer Writes: visiting a 6,000ac farm in Canada

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Capper Trading’s Complete Rations

Assuming protein and mineral levels are sufficient in the diet, the performance of finishing cattle is driven by the energy content of the overall diet

DEALER

CAP reform a dangerous experiment for farmers

The CAP wants farmers to lead society to a more conscious form of consumption, but food production has always been demand-led. It's unchartered territory, with obvious risks in a global marketplace.

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The Dealer

Tractor-themed wedding

Contributor

Solar farms keen on grazing sheep

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FARM SAFETY

Siobhán Walsh

Think carefully when chatting yields this harvest

Think carefully this harvest about decisions and chat about yields. There are plenty of farmers looking at poor crops.

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Capper Trading’s Complete Rations

Assuming protein and mineral levels are sufficient in the diet, the performance of finishing cattle is driven by the energy content of the overall diet

FORESTRY

James Hanly

Emissions targets now ‘bearing fruit’ - McConalogue

Farmers can’t be ‘in the red by going green’ - IFA

The CCAC’s annual review on agriculture and land use, land use change and forestry (LULUCF) sector said policies must be implemented that align with long-term climate and biodiversity objectives.

Donal Magner

Reforestation exceeds afforestation

PIG AND POULTRY

Anne O'Donoghue

Tesco moves all own-brand eggs to barn, free range and organic

Tesco Ireland had committed to making this move on its almost 240m own-brand eggs sold annually before the start of 2025.

Grace Hoare

There isn't 'a spare egg in the system' as Lidl moves to import German eggs

Nigel Sweetnam, chair of the IFA poultry committee, and Garret Bannon, poultry farmer, look at why there is an egg shortage in Ireland and what needs to be done to ensure a stable future.

Anne O'Donoghue

Lidl imports eggs due to shortage

Amy Forde

Increased global risk for poultry production from bird flu this year – Bord Bia

Noel Bardon

Egg farmers warned about danger of conflicting carbon counting methods