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Five-star weanlings worth up to €500/hd more
Darren Carty
Analysis of weanlings sold in 2025 shows five star genetics delivering heavier and higher value weanlings, while five star dams had a shorter calving interval
Five-star weanlings worth up to €500/hd more
 
 
Watch: this week in photos as calving, slurry spreading and protests unfold
News
Watch: this week in photos as calving, slurry spreading and protests unfold
Brand new silage extravaganza set for April
Machinery
Brand new silage extravaganza set for April
12 spring barley varieties to choose from on recommended lists
Tillage
12 spring barley varieties to choose from on recommended lists
Rising wild oat resistance threatens the future of continuous spring barley
Tillage
Rising wild oat resistance threatens the future of continuous spring barley
TOOLS & CALCULATORS


BEEF
Five-star weanlings worth up to €500/hd more
Breeding
Five-star weanlings worth up to €500/hd more
Analysis of weanlings sold in 2025 shows five star genetics delivering heavier and higher value weanlings, while five star dams had a shorter calving interval
DAIRY
What is causing cows to cough?
Animal health
What is causing cows to cough?
In this article by Animal Health Ireland specialists, the common causes and cures for coughing cows is explored.
SHEEP
ANIMAL HEALTH


TILLAGE
12 spring barley varieties to choose from on recommended lists
Spring barley
12 spring barley varieties to choose from on recommended lists
Growers have 12 spring barley varieties to choose from. Choosing robust varieties to meet market requirements is essential in a challenging environment.
MACHINERY
Brand new silage extravaganza set for April
Silage
Brand new silage extravaganza set for April
Grass 2026 is a brand new live grass harvesting event hosted by the Irish Farmers Journal, set to take place on Wednesday 29 April, at Cuffesgrange, Co Kilkenny.
BUILDINGS
Ticket now required for users of farm telehandlers
Farm safety
Ticket now required for users of farm telehandlers
The most recent Code of Practice issued by the Health and Safety Authority (HSA) requires users of telescopic loaders on Irish farms to undertake training and hold a valid training certificate.
FARM SAFETY


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FARM PROGRAMMES
Lambing well under way, with attention turning to silage on Tullamore farm
Tullamore Farm
Lambing well under way, with attention turning to silage on Tullamore farm
Cathal Gormley caught up with Shaun Diver, farm manager at Tullamore, to see how the lambing is progressing and how slurry and fertiliser spreading is going.
Ploughs busy as land slowly dries
Crops
Ploughs busy as land slowly dries
This week, Conor Kehoe talks to farmers in Wexford, Laois and Donegal as farmers plough and begin to sow spring crops.
Ploughs busy as land slowly dries
Crops
Dry weather ramps up fieldwork
This week, Conor Kehoe talks to farmers in Tipperary, Louth and Offaly, where farmers are back out in the fields as the weather dries up.
Lambing kicks off on Tullamore Farm
Tullamore Farm
Lambing kicks off on Tullamore Farm
Cathal Gormley caught up with Shaun Diver as lambing is in full swing on Tullamore Farm and calving is on the wind down.
Singapore is a gateway to Southeast AsiaSPONSORED
Singapore is a gateway to Southeast Asia
Lorna Allen’s Bord Bia career began in 2019 with the Fellowship Programme in the New York office and is now responsible for promoting Irish food and drink in Southeast Asia from Singapore.
BVD – the silent risk that still remains SPONSORED
BVD – the silent risk that still remains
Irish farmers have made remarkable progress in the fight against bovine viral diarrhoea. Since 2013, the number of persistently infected calves has fallen from over 16,000 to 485 in 2024.
Reducing calf pneumonia with vaccination on a Donegal dairy-beef farmSPONSORED
Reducing calf pneumonia with vaccination on a Donegal dairy-beef farm
In east Donegal, farmer Gareth Peoples explains how a tailored vaccination programme transformed the health and performance of his calves, while reducing stress during this busy period.
Cutting clean in tough conditions: Conal Moore on running Krone EasyCut MowersSPONSORED
Cutting clean in tough conditions: Conal Moore on running Krone EasyCut Mowers
Conal Moore an agri contractor and tillage framer from Ballygar Co Galway. “We do a lot of reseeding, slurry spreading and tillage work but baling would be our main enterprise”.