Preview of what's in this week's issue:

  • Irish Farmers Journal/KPMG annual milk price review.
  • Farm safety week: We put farm safety to the fore.
  • Five heifers shot by army in debt recovery exercise.
  • Flawed inspection saves farmer €100,000 penalty.
  • As the sterling hits a new low, we continue our analysis of the Brexit implications for Irish farming.
  • Badger TB vaccination trial to end in 2017.
  • Tagging tender extended.
  • In my farming week, we have a farm safety special as we meet Aengus Mannion from Sligo who survived a farm accident in 2009.

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    NEW Machinery pullout:

  • The 2,000-mile harvest – Darren Bailey reports from the US.
  • From Brexit and auctions to the Teagle Toucan.
  • Under the hammer: Portlaoise auction.
  • Road test: Renault Megane.

    • NEW Pedigree pull-out:

  • Logie Durno Oprah clinches title for two years running in Charollais Sheep All-Ireland.
  • Suffolk Elite sale reaches ceiling of €2,600gns.
  • Three in a row for Zwartbles breeder.
  • Limousin Embryo Auction tops €1,320.

    • Increased agribusiness coverage:

  • Bord Bia’s Brexit seminar outlined the stark reality that faces the agri-food sector post-Brexit.
  • 20 minutes with Niall McGauran, sales director of Lely Mullingar.
  • Phelim O’Neill reports from the AHDB meat exports conference in Warwick outside Birmingham.
  • Land of fire, ice and milk. We take a look at the farming industry in Iceland.

    • Livestock:

  • A visit to Wexford pedigree sheep breeders Aidan and Anne Murphy shows how to breed high-performing functional sheep.
  • Milk crisis right across Europe.
  • Record volume of milk imported.
  • We have a Donegal farm walk preview.
  • Beef 2016 review: We put suckler herd profitability under the microscope.
  • Business of farming: Increased marts coverage with Tullow, Carnaross and Dowra marts.
  • Farmer know-how: How to sharpen your chainsaw.
  • Focus supplement: Water and septic tanks.

    • Property:

  • We visit 135-acre Renville House in Galway which comes to the market with a price tag in the region of €2m.
  • A 51-acre residential farm in Rathdrum comes to the market.
  • Beautiful Ballygriggan estate in north Cork.
  • Kildare farm makes over €15,000/acre.
  • A Laois farm exceeds all expectations at €12,250/acre.

    • And in Irish Country Living...

  • National president of Macra na Feirme Seán Finan on ending isolation and building relationships through the Know Your Neighbour campaign.
  • Home of the future: Ciara Leahy looks at technological advances on the domestic front.
  • Joanne Condon of Kyle Lane shares some simple upcycling projects to give your home a new lease of life.
  • Áine Hennessy talks to Concern Worldwide’s director for Ethiopia, Catherine Corcoran.

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