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Free 32-page horse breeding supplement

  • Don’t miss your free 32-page breeding supplement with advice on how you can get money for fencing, sheds, stables, gateways and more if you own a horse or pony

  • Breeder interviews - two portraits of life on the equine farm

  • Artificial insemination - what are your options?

  • Veterinary physiotherapist Leah Kent explains the importance of looking after the musculoskeletal system of breeding stock

  • We look at your breeding options for the 2023 season

  • Top foaling tips and list of essential items to have ready as foaling day gets closer

    • News Headlines (ROI)

  • New suckler scheme open for business - the latest on the €200/suckler cow scheme

  • Eco scheme mistakes could cost farmers €2,000 each

  • Department changes farm payment dates for 115,000 farmers

  • Increased slurry storage required for TAMS milking equipment

  • 'Unrealistic’ for CAP to fund new nature law

  • New dairy beef scheme opens up for up to 50 calves

  • Up to €30,000 grant available in traditional farm buildings scheme

  • Farmer party tops Dutch elections

    • News Headlines (NI)

  • TB at highest levels since testing began

  • Extra energy support for UK farms ruled out

  • Looming deadline for DAERA TB contract

  • Green body marks one year operating in NI

  • DAERA clarifies codes used on soil test reports

    • AgriBusiness

  • Bad news for global banks could be good news for Irish borrowers

  • Tesco changing its tune after supplier backlash on new fees

  • Where does Irish Government stand on the Mercosur deal?

    • Livestock

  • Adam Woods looks back at the suckler sector over the last ten years and asks if anything can stop the slide in numbers?

  • National Sheep Breed Improvement Levy increasing to 15c/head

  • Positive growth in sheepmeat exports to German market

    • Tillage

  • Grain and oilseed prices take a dramatic drop

  • Need for tax-free leasing and carbon footprints

  • Minister to establish Food Vision tillage group

  • We report from the IFA national potato growers meeting

    • Focus – Forestry

  • Uncertain year ahead, but time to examine forestry options

  • There is life beyond CAP – in forestry

  • A look back at volatility in global timber markets in 2022

  • Continuous cover forestry a system worth considering

    • Irish Country Living

  • Nicola Weir tells us about her latest endeavour, BBC radio show Farming Matters and how it’s not short of topics

  • We talk to the night nurse lead with the Irish Cancer Society, Agnes Horan, ahead of Daffofil Day on Friday 24 March

  • Advice on what to do if your farm is on the route of the proposed M20 that will link Limerick and Cork

    • Making the most of eggs with Neven Maguire

    Pedigree

  • Sultan king of the ring in Elphin – we report from the 2023 Irish Charolais Cattle Society spring premier show

  • What’s on – upcoming pedigree shows and sales

  • Sweet day for Johnstown Toffee at Rising Stars Spectacular

    • Machinery

  • 18-page contracting special – find out what you’ll pay this year

  • How contractor charges are facing a rise as machinery costs soar

  • Farmers supplying diesel to contractors in Germany