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News Headlines (ROI)

  • Up to 1,600 dairy calves will be flown to the continent in the coming weeks in a novel move aimed at testing the viability of air transport – we have the details
  • Your questions answered on SCEP
  • TAMS latest – farmers face sweeping changes
  • Fertiliser prices continue to fall
  • 2023 Land Mobility Report has warned farmers to make more balanced decisions in the face of changing nitrates rules
  • Fines of €5,000 for dog owners with out-of-control dogs
    • Plantation owners vent fury over ash dieback response

  • ‘Global Britain’ will not be good for Ireland
  • Tullamore Farm welcomes over 400 students last week as part of AgriAware’s Farm Walk and Talk series
  • Government hypocrisy on rewetting targets slammed
  • Sexed semen usage expected to exceed 250,000 straws this year
  • EU suggests ‘grazing tax’ for Ireland
  • Free 32-page Easter Food magazine

  • Indulgent hot fudge dessert recipes, just in time for Easter
  • Your traditional Easter Dinner with a twist
  • Authentic Indian cuisine recipes from Aashim Bajaj
  • Saving the ocean with a cup of coffee
  • News Headlines (NI)

  • Milk quality continues to improve
  • Beef prices edging closer to 500p/kg
  • Strathroy Dairy tops the NI milk league for the second consecutive month
  • The wet march is putting severe pressure on farming systems
  • Switching to four-cut grass silage can significantly increase milk output
  • AgriBusiness

  • Lessons for Ireland from the Dutch Farmers experience
  • Brazilian beef back in China
  • Young farmers leading growth
  • Livestock

  • What’s the future for Irish beef export post-Brexit
  • Advice on recovering from the very wet March
  • Dealing with delayed turnout on beef farms
  • Tillage

  • Morning Fresh is supplying living lettuce to supermarkets
  • Guinness plans to reduce barley farmers’ emissions by 30%
  • Focus – Reseeding

  • Oversowing clover does work
  • Is plantain the wonder plant?
  • How to select the right variety for your farm
  • Red clover and miltispecies schemes are on the way
  • Irish Country Living

  • Faye Anna Rochford talks about sustainable style and coming full circle
  • We talk to Jim O’Mahony from Cork on the success of the Kilbrittain tractor run
  • Rhubarb and apple crumble recipe from Neven Maguire
    • We learn about the new social initiative taking place at Mountbellew Mart

    Pedigree

  • Coose on the loose as champion Nebraska heads to Scotland
  • Drumgoonpoll 1 Sydney tops the polls in Tullamore
  • Machinery

  • Keenan has no plans to move production to Turkey... for now
  • 10 years of tailored Valtra tractors