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Crop diseases: a quick guide

Take a look through the images and remind yourself of the some of the main crop diseases.

CROPS 12 April 2026

Crop diseases: a quick guide

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TAMS top spends: how to utilise TAMS III on different budgets

TAMS top spends: how to utilise TAMS III on different budgets

BUILDINGS 8 April 2026

Five-star weanlings worth up to €500/hd more

Five-star weanlings worth up to €500/hd more

BEEF BREEDING 4 April 2026

Watch: this week in photos as calving, slurry spreading and protests unfold

Watch: this week in photos as calving, slurry spreading and protests unfold

Watch: this week in photos as calving, slurry spreading and protests unfold

NEWS 15 February 2026

Brand new silage extravaganza set for April

Brand new silage extravaganza set for April

NEWS 4 February 2026

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What's in your ration?

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12 spring barley varieties to choose from on recommended lists

12 spring barley varieties to choose from on recommended lists

Growers have 12 spring barley varieties to choose from. Choosing robust varieties to meet market requirements is essential in a challenging environment.

CROPS 1 January 1970

Rising wild oat resistance threatens the future of continuous spring barley

Rising wild oat resistance threatens the future of continuous spring barley

Vijaya Bhaskar, a Teagasc grass weed researcher, and John Pettit, a Teagasc tillage advisor, outline the growing scale of wild oat resistance to herbicides and management strategies to adopt.

NEWS 1 January 1970

Irish Farmers Journal launches new ‘Farm Alert’ vaccine text reminder service

Irish Farmers Journal launches new ‘Farm Alert’ vaccine text reminder service

Stay on top of vaccines and doses with Farm Alert, the Irish Farmers Journal’s new text reminder service that turns herd health planning from complex to simple.

NEWS 1 January 1970

Exclusive: cover crops could be causing more problems than they solve

Exclusive: cover crops could be causing more problems than they solve

Catch crops can have many benefits, including helping water quality, but we must make sure that they do not cause problems on tillage farms.

NEWS 1 January 1970

Five tips for ad-lib meal finishing

Five tips for ad-lib meal finishing

With limited silage supplies on farm, should more farmers be considering moving cattle on to ad-lib meal before finishing.

GRASS & FEEDING 1 January 1970

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Why this Kilkenny farmer switched to a 45m Amazone self-propelled sprayer

James O’Reilly is a tillage farmer based in north Kilkenny, near a village called Ballyragget.

Why this Kilkenny farmer switched to a 45m Amazone self-propelled sprayer