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Find out what’s inside this week’s Irish Farmers Journal

News Headlines (ROI)

  • Find out more about the €400/head beef price gulf

  • Kerry Group set to spend €300m to buy back its own shares

  • Why farmers are being told not to import sheep

  • Two measures not enough for €13/ewe payment

  • Beef factories vow to cut emissions

  • Details of inheritance tax claims

  • Major ACRES changes proposed by INHFA

  • Piggery to pay ex-worker over €13,800

  • Inishowen Co-op buys local vet practice

  • Call for farmers to have priority access to electricity grid

    • News Headlines (NI)

  • Stormont pushes for farm budget increase

  • Annual TB cost closes in on £60m

  • Vet medicines loss disastrous for NI farms
  • Uphill battle for English upland farmers

    • Focus – Winter Feed

  • Challenging 15 months for grass and fodder

  • Tips for grazing management of forage crops

  • Balancing silage quality with target weight gain targets

  • All not equal in love and protein

    • AgriBusiness

  • BSE stops Irish beef exports to China again

  • Why the Tirlán board now has promises to keep

    • Livestock

  • A season of missed targets for grass

  • New pre-Dairy Day tours for discussion groups

  • What you need to know about finishing plans for your lambs

  • Conditions hold up but average cover declines

    • Tillage

  • Costs returns and targets for winter crops

  • Planting in full flow while beans disapoint

    • Irish Country Living

  • RTE’s Brenda Donohue reflects on her countryside memories and how it influenced her career and family

  • N17 road deaths spark renewed calls for upgrade

  • 12 years ago broadcaster Brendan McArdle donated a kidney to his brother Colin to save his life, they both speak about their experience inside this week’s paper

  • At a time when Irish hospitality is under so much pressure, it’s important than ever to maintain high standards of service

  • Farms must diversify to survive

    • Pedigree

  • Red Angus bull sells for a record-breaking €27,800

  • Cheviot ram hits €6,500 in Blessington

  • All records broken at the Donegal Blackface sheep breeders sale

    • Machinery

  • Green diesel prices jump by 9c/l in two weeks

  • Amazone plough duo performing well in Fermanagh

  • Next months FTMTA show fully booked