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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.
Issue resolved after some farmers could not apply to BEAM
A small number of farmers had been unable to apply to the €100m BEAM scheme this week.
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Processors and politicians needed to make suckling profitable
The profitably of suckler beef production has and will continue to be shaped by political decisions relating to support payments.
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Farmer Writes: we can't allow beef to be sold at small margins
I share the narrative that I’ve read and listened to in the past fortnight that these protests were the result of a simmering anger amongst beef farmers, writes James Mimnagh.
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Farmer Writes: smash and grab harvest
The weather means baling straw is difficult – while there's still some winter barley straw to bale, writes Gerald Potterton.
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IFA referee puts down the whistle
There are rules for the IFA election, but a four-string field means tough hurling is ahead.
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Peter Thomas Keaveney visited Michael Kelly in Dunmore, Co Galway, who spent five years restoring a rare German-built 160hp Schluter tractor.
Kieran Mailey previews the autumn farm walk on Thomas and Paul Jamison's farm at Dromore, Co Down.
Dairylink Ireland participant John Oliver farms near Limavady, Co Derry.
At six-months-old and exceeding her weight target, Anne O’Donoghue looks at calf 541’s EBI
Adam Woods checked in with Shaun Diver to get the latest update from Tullamore farm
What will technology do to aid farming of the future?
Breeding ewes: top tips for your flock at breeding time
It is so important to be able to recognise the normal because we pick up abnormal and disease symptoms much quicker then.
An update from the Thrive dairy to beef farm in Co Tipperary.
Ciara Leahy visits Connemare Hill Lamb as part of Irish Country Living's Carpool in the Country.
Transporting grain and bales safely
There have been a number of incidents in recent weeks of straw and hay bales going up in flames during transport or loads becoming undone.
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Resolving the ash dieback crisis
Compensation is required for growers with diseased ash crops, whose markets are confined to firewood rather than hurleys and furniture
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Tariff-free access for 180,000t of Mercosur poultry
Amy Forde looks at what access the Mercosur bloc of countries will have to the EU market for poultry.
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Poultry producers fear further imports of 'sub-standard' product
Poultry farmers have raised concerns about the 100,000t quota for chicken included in the EU-Mercosur trade deal.
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