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Paying for defence and simplifying the CAP
Matt Dempsey
The much-maligned Irish ACRES scheme came in for a lot of praise as being among the more successful European environmental schemes.
Paying for defence and simplifying the CAP
Cliffs of Moher farmers vow to fight threat of CPOs
9 April 2025 Feature
Cliffs of Moher farmers vow to fight threat of CPOs
Farmers along the Cliffs of Moher Coastal Walk opened up their land to the public in good faith, but are now potentially facing CPOs due to the trail’s popularity. Anne O’Donoghue reports
My Farming Week: John Crawford, Dowra, Co Leitrim
2 April 2025 Feature
My Farming Week: John Crawford, Dowra, Co Leitrim
This week, we spoke to John Crawford about his own farm and his family’s in-calf heifer business, which saw triplet heifers born recently.
Sustainable beef production Australian style
Patrick Hutchinson tells the Irish Farmers Journal how sustainability fits in to the Australian beef production model.
2 April 2025 Feature
Roscommon contractor celebrates 50 years of lime spreading
Peter Thomas Keaveney travelled to Elphin in Co Roscommon to catch up with Padraig Berine who was busy spreading lime, now his 50th year at the job.
19 March 2025 Farm machinery
Better to farm under the devilish EU subsidies we know than the devil we don’t
Nuffield Scholar Niall Hurson's travels have taken him around the world, including to Australia, which has led him to take an alternative view of our agricultural regulations and subsidy systems.
19 March 2025 Feature
From leafy suburbs to farm ownership in Australia
Nuffield scholar John Keane reports on two first-generation farmers who got their foot on the land ladder in South Australia.
15 March 2025 Feature
Getting an extra €975/ha to graze between the trees
A farmer in Donegal is pairing up Organic Farming Scheme payments with agro-forestry premia, writes Noel Bardon.
26 February 2025 Climate and environment
What can producer organisations do for Irish farmers in the future?
Given the official recognition of a number of producer organisations (POs) in Ireland of late, how did these groups come about and what they can provide to farmers.
12 February 2025 Feature
Black cattle on green grass: why roan mania hasn’t hit Australia
Angus cattle are king across much of Australia and the trend is not set to change any time soon, writes Barry Murphy.
5 February 2025 Feature
Is Céide wheat making a Mayo comeback?
Plans are afoot to get farmers in the northwest to grow the Stone Age and Bronze Age wheat for specialised high-end bakers in the region.
5 February 2025 Feature
Shed roof blown away and no power as calving kicks off on Clare dairy farm
West Clare dairy farmer Niall Reidy speaks to Anne O’Donoghue about damage to his farm from storm Éowyn and how he is coping coming into the busiest time of the year with no power.
28 January 2025 Feature