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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