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Farmer Writes: irrigation continues as soil moisture deficit hits

The soil moisture deficit is extreme on the farm and, compared with last year, it wasn't even this low, writes Julian Hughes.

FARMER WRITES 10 August 2019

Farmer Writes: irrigation continues as soil moisture deficit hits

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Farmer Writes: precision farming gets under way

Farmer Writes: precision farming gets under way

FARMER WRITES 5 March 2019

Farmer Writes: cost of growing crops is sky-rocketing

Farmer Writes: cost of growing crops is sky-rocketing

FARMER WRITES 1 August 2018

Farmer Writes: irrigation is like drugs to plants

Farmer Writes: irrigation is like drugs to plants

Farmer Writes: irrigation is like drugs to plants

FARMER WRITES 26 June 2018

Farmers Writes: the need for farmers to engage the consumer

Farmers Writes: the need for farmers to engage the consumer

Farmers Writes: the need for farmers to engage the consumer

FARMER WRITES 18 November 2017

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Farmer writes: 'then we do it all, all over again'

Farmer writes: 'then we do it all, all over again'

Co Kilkenny vegetable and tillage farmer Julian Hughes is looking forward to the winter programme and summer cropping draws to a close.

NEWS 18 March 2014

Farmer Writes: farming is a game of percentages

Farmer Writes: farming is a game of percentages

Co Kilkenny vegetable and tillage farmer Julian Hughes is thinking more and more about the small margins in order to be a success.

FARMER WRITES 18 March 2014

Farmer Writes: the buzz with ag tech

Farmer Writes: the buzz with ag tech

Julian Hughes is exploring more and working through the complex but integral world of technology in agriculture.

FARMER WRITES 18 March 2014

Farmer writes: Time for a clean-up of the machines

Farmer writes: Time for a clean-up of the machines

Julian Hughes has finally gotten the chance to wash down his machines, but the question plagues him of whether it is better to pay high depreciation and low maintenance with new kit or vice versa.

FARMER WRITES 18 March 2014

Drive for lower cost food adds to a farmer's capital costs

Drive for lower cost food adds to a farmer's capital costs

Farmer writer Julian Hughes looks at the investment and risk challenges of meeting the consumer and retailer pressure for lower cost food production.

FARMER WRITES 18 March 2014

Farmer writes: SFP tilted unfairly against some of our most progressive farmers

Farmer writes: SFP tilted unfairly against some of our most progressive farmers

I often wonder if proponents of the quaint 100 acre EU country farm would be happy to live off the income of a farmer in this situation rather than a Brussels salary.

FARMER WRITES 18 March 2014

Farmer writes: We expect to pick 750,000 bunches of flowers this year

Farmer writes: We expect to pick 750,000 bunches of flowers this year

"In lay terms, that’s 7.5 million times somebody has to bend down and pick an individual stem over the February to April season."

FARMER WRITES 18 March 2014

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