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News Headlines (ROI)

  • Weanlings up €140/head - the latest on the soaring weanling trade
  • Decision on slurry deadline imminent
  • Over 13,000 farmers apply to National Beef Welfare Scheme
  • ’No final decision’ yet on dairy cow reduction scheme
  • Farmer views from Ploughing 2023
  • Government walked farmers to nitrates ‘cliff edge’ - Cairns
  • Confusion reigns over which farms will face derogation cut
  • Milk prices drop by up to 2.5c/l for August
  • Beet Ireland calls time on revival of the sugar industry
  • Kilree Estate in Kilkenny sold for over €7.75m
  • News Headlines (NI)

  • Heaton-Harris pushes for TB payment cuts
  • Dairy co-op price gap highest since 2012
  • Rain brings quick end to harvest bliss
  • UFU losing patience with GB pedigree sales
  • Forage maize on the comeback trail in NI
  • AgriBusiness

  • New loan funding routes available for farmers
  • ESB reports profits of over €100 million in a month
  • Mercosur and Australia deals by end of the year
  • Aurivo buyout of Arrabawn’s liquid milk given green light
  • Livestock

  • Nitrates set to drop dairy profits by 37% - with farmer case studies on how income will be affected
  • Sustainable dairy beef title goes to Wexford
  • Understanding the new SIS hill ram catalogue
  • Tillage

  • Half of tillage farmers to lose rented land in 2024
  • Winter wheat list lacks new varieties
  • Winter oats list has the two reliables
  • Focus – forestry

  • New Forestry programme deserves to succeed but it faces barriers
  • Tax-free planting supports for all types
  • Ambitious annual tree planting targets will be difficult to achieve
  • Adapting to a changing forestry landscape
  • Irish Country Living

  • We chat to Katie Gleeson about how she manages her busy home life, farming and her popular Instagram account
  • Ihor Pavliuk tells us about farming and fighting on the frontline in Ukraine
  • Breaking down the judgement and stigma around mental health
  • How to eat and shop on a student budget
  • Pedigree

  • JCB Commercials drive on to top NICCEC summer spectacular
  • Priorview flock takes supreme champion at Irish Suffolk Sheep Society premier
  • Our favourite photos from the 2023 show season
  • Machinery

  • The latest on scammers targeting machinery dealers
  • Ploughing 2023 – all the machinery highlights