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The Farmers Journal is dedicated to providing the most up-to-date and informative farming news in Ireland. Browse through the articles below to keep up with the latest Irish farming news, opinion pieces, videos and more.
My Country Living: Seánie’s sticks
What started out years ago as creating a practical tool, has now become an art form for Co Limerick’s Seánie Barron. In conversation with Anne O’Donoghue
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Making the right changes for the right reason in dairy
The calibre of nominee put forward by co-ops will be dependent on ensuring good, well-skilled farmers recognise the need for them to get directly involved.
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The importance of celebrating Irish food produce
As the uncertainties surrounding COVID-19 remain, we at the National Dairy Council are more grateful than ever to represent the resilient group of farmers and food producers of Ireland.
Farmer writes: hard to know what to do
There's a lot more extra things to think about when it comes to selling cattle this year, writes Donegal suckler farmers James Strain.
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Farmer Writes: nerves are tested at scanning time
Scanning isn’t the same level of nerves as TB testing, but there’s a bit of concern at the same time, writes Tommy Moyles.
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The importance of celebrating Irish food produce
As the uncertainties surrounding COVID-19 remain, we at the National Dairy Council are more grateful than ever to represent the resilient group of farmers and food producers of Ireland.
The Big Dealer: changing of the guard within the IFA
IFA appointments, ravers amid beans, Eurofarm milestone, non-GMO milk on shelf and more in this week's Big Dealer.
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Gary Abbott recently spent some time with the 37m3 Krone MX 370 GL forage wagon to see how it performed
Grass quality has improved greatly over the last week as the farm received an ideal amount of rain.
Martin Corrigan farms with his father Kevin just outside Belcoo, Co Fermanagh. They run a herd of 27 Simmental cross cows with the farm undergoing some major changes over the past three years.
In today's episode the Irish Farmers Journal's Lorcan Allen speaks to Paul Crosson, John Finn and Sinead Waters on ‘Sustainable Beef Production - Where policy meets practice’. The team also look at what's happening around sustainability on the BRIDE Project in East Cork, in Co. Kilkenny with Teagasc's Catherine Keena. The team also visit Tully Farm in Co. Kildare.
John Egerton stopped breeding his spring-calving cows after seven weeks.
Dairylink Ireland participant Stephen Wallace farms near Seaforde, Co Down.
Adam Woods, Beef & Suckler Editor with the Irish Farmers Journal is joined by Donall Fahy, Bernadette Earley and Alan Dillon from Teagasc who focus on the Grange dairy calf-to-beef system study and the key components that are helping achieve high performance. Adam also pays a visit to Tipperary dairy calf to beef farmer J.P Hammersley to take a look at his system of farming.
Adam Woods, Beef & Suckler Editor with the Irish Farmers Journal is joined by Michael McManus, Bernadette Earley and Alan Twomey from Teagasc. Focusing on the Derrypatrick Herd at the Teagasc Animal and Grassland, Research and Innovation centre, in Grange County Meath, this episode of Beef Talk will look at how it achieves its breeding targets of 100% AI and a very compact calving.
Beef editor Adam Woods speaks to Tullamore Farm manager Shaun Diver about what’s been happening on Tullamore farm over the last few weeks
Scottish Prices: continued strong trade for beef and lamb in Scotland
Farmers Journal Scotland Editor John Sleigh has his take on the week's beef and sheep markets.
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The importance of celebrating Irish food produce
As the uncertainties surrounding COVID-19 remain, we at the National Dairy Council are more grateful than ever to represent the resilient group of farmers and food producers of Ireland.
New native woodland created in Maam Valley
A chemical-free, biodiverse native woodland becomes a reality for Co Galway sheep farmer, writes Donal Magner.
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6,000 chickens killed in Tyrone shed fire
Eight appliances from surrounding fire stations, including an aerial appliance, attended the incident.
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Bird flu farmers get compensation
The IFA poultry chair said it would not cover costs but it would help.
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