Farming news
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.
Macra to take part in Dublin LGBTQ Pride Festival
Last year 60,000 people participated in the Dublin Pride parade.
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Editorial: scale is never enough to deliver a sustainable income
Scale can often cause financial problems much quicker than systems built on more controlled costs.
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Farmer Writes: margins as thin as the gable-end of a five euro note
Kieran Sullivan outlines how he chooses to sell and retain lambs and avoid being a busy amadán.
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Farmer Writes: the heart of industry resides in west Meath
Gerald Potterton admires the industry, shrewdness and entrepreneurship of a small village on the Meath Cavan border.
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The Big Dealer: Beef Plan Movement to undergo restructuring
Beef plan changes, RTE ag correspondent, new chief at ICOS, Milky Way heifers and much more in this week's The Big Dealer.
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Tommy Heffernan in conversation with Dr Colin Lindasy on pneumonia.
On International Level Crossing Awareness Day (ILCAD), Iarnród Éireann has called for greater vigilance by those who use railway level crossings.
Martin Keating from Westport Co. Mayo has made a major investment to infrastructure on his 20ha dairy beef farm.
The Irish Farmers Journal went out to see the new Lely Discovery Collector in action on the farm of Denis Condron.
Sheep were the most profitable enterprise on Derek Robinson’s farm last year.
Floating Farm is now up and running in the Dutch port city of Rotterdam.
Tommy Heffernan looks at risk areas for introducing disease to a sheep flock.
Dairylink Ireland participant John Oliver farms near Limavady, Co Derry.
The practical uses of FECs this summer
A new cubicle shed has recently been constructed with cow movement and comfort as central to the design.
Tractor safety must be a top priority
Luke McDermott offers some tips and advice when it comes to operating tractors safely during this busy period on farms.
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Crops & Spreaders 2019 – a leading technical tillage and machinery event
The Irish Farmers Journal and Teagasc will once again collaborate to bring you this event on Wednesday 26 June. The event is free to attend.
Online calculator to determine tree volume launched
Tree volume is a unit of measurement that details the size of a tree and can assist in determining the value of a tree or forest.
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Aldi criticised over ‘Made in Ireland’ brand
It has come to light that chicken products with Irish labelling may have originated in another part of the EU.
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Emissions breaches cost chicken producer €14,000
Western Brand Group Ltd in Co Mayo pleaded guilty to three charges at Castlebar District Court on 5 March.
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