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LATEST NEWS
James Hanly
Weekend weather: dry, sunny with a moderate breeze
Met Éireann has announced that the weekend will have fine and settled weather, with highest temperatures of 19°C.
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Darren Carty
Department issues orange high-risk fire warning
EDITORIAL
Jack Kennedy
Editorial: TB stalemate
Editorial: easy answer to Trump tariffs - make farming great again
Let’s take the initiative and keep control of what is good for rural Ireland.
SPONSORED
Twenty20 Beef Club enhancing profitable and sustainable beef farming
Balancing a dairy and beef enterprise is all about sustainability, efficiency and profitability for Laois farmer Patrick Phelan.
VIEWPOINTS
Editorial: easy answer to Trump tariffs - make farming great again
Jack Kennedy
Jack Kennedy
A visit to China’s largest mart
Contributor
Contributor
Editorial: TB stalemate
Jack Kennedy
Jack Kennedy
Home Farm: spring tillage work continues
Matt Dempsey
Matt Dempsey
FARMER WRITES
Farmer Writes: old cow for the hard road and calf for the bottle
Tommy Moyles
Farmer Writes: old cow for the hard road and calf for the bottle
The ruthlessness of nature revealed itself at the weekend as one of the more experienced campaigners in Tommy Moyles' suckler herd put herself first.
Farmer Writes: hoping for a better year than 2012
James Strain
Farmer Writes: hoping for a better year than 2012
James Strain reflects on some of the similarities between the start of this year and 2012, but hopes for a much different ending.
Derek Robinson
New venture into rearing dairy-beef calves
e-Learning
Gerald Potterton
Farmer Writes: sowing a pleasure in a dusty March
Twenty20 Beef Club enhancing profitable and sustainable beef farming SPONSORED
Twenty20 Beef Club enhancing profitable and sustainable beef farming
Balancing a dairy and beef enterprise is all about sustainability, efficiency and profitability for Laois farmer Patrick Phelan.
DEALER
Sextuplet lambs
A Donegal farmer had 12 lambs out of two ewes in the space of a week.
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The Dealer
Charlie Bird's last case one of FMD
The Dealer
Project Connect gets moving
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FARM SAFETY
James Hanly
‘Farm Safety First’ winners presented with prizes by Minister Healy-Rae
The ceremony took place on Friday 28 February at the Agri Aware farm walk and talk event in Salesian Agricultural College, Pallaskenry, Co Limerick.
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SPONSORED
Twenty20 Beef Club enhancing profitable and sustainable beef farming
Balancing a dairy and beef enterprise is all about sustainability, efficiency and profitability for Laois farmer Patrick Phelan.
FORESTRY
James Hanly
Strict import controls needed for used forestry machinery – IFA
Coillte and IFI publish agreement on nature restoration and climate action
The agreement will work to deliver conservation projects aimed at protecting, enhancing and restoring important ecosystems across Coillte’s forestry estate and Ireland’s inland waterways.
Declan O’Brien
No EU requirement for forestry replanting
PIG AND POULTRY
Biosecurity needs to be part of everyday life on poultry farms – vet
Anne O'Donoghue
Biosecurity needs to be part of everyday life on poultry farms – vet
From the farm gate to inside the house, poultry vet Aonghus Lane outlined a number of areas where farmers can ensure their biosecurity is at the highest level.
US egg prices reach record high as bird flu hits production
Amy Forde
US egg prices reach record high as bird flu hits production
The cost of a dozen eggs has surged in the US, as bird flu outbreaks stall production.
Anne O'Donoghue
Double down on biosecurity - leading poultry vet
e-Learning
James Hanly
Farmers ‘rightly concerned’ about bird flu threat – Heydon
Anne O'Donoghue
Cull of 64,000 birds following suspected bird flu case on Tyrone farm