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Northern Ireland
Early surge in buying demand for straw
Kieran Mailey
With harvest underway, there has been an early surge in buying demand for straw across NI
24 July 2024 News
Farmer Views: 'there's a future in beef if costs stay down'
Grace Hoare interviewed farmers about their outlook on the future of drystock farming and discussed any concerns they have regarding the industry.
24 July 2024 News
Controlling costs key to farm viability - Teagasc chief
Costs must be controlled if farmers are to stay viable when incomes in an income volatile sector, Teagasc's director said.
Factories caught with too many TB cattle
A reduction in TB testing on farms is having negative consequences for the local meat trade
17 July 2024 Northern Ireland
Breakeven milk price stays above 36p/l
Local independent dairy consultants, Ian Carrick and Jason McMinn have updated their dairying costings model.
17 July 2024 Northern Ireland
Building up fodder stocks in Laois
The wet weather didn’t deter 200 farmers and industry representatives from attending the Irish Grassland Association summer dairy tour to Laois last week.
17 July 2024 Grass & feeding
Tranche two approvals for TAMS breaches 7,000
As of 15 July, 7,153 applications have been approved under tranche two of TAMS III, while a review on reference costs will take place in 2025.
17 July 2024 Buildings
Colm McCarthy: practical measures needed to turn targets into policy
Targets in conflict are a recipe for delay and cost escalation. The latest domain for this habit of political evasion is defence policy.
17 July 2024 Opinion
Farm costs continue their slow decline
Latest CSO data shows almost every input cost for agriculture eased in May
15 July 2024 News
TB payment cuts shelved for now
Agriculture Minister Andrew Muir said cuts could not be completely ruled out because DAERA’s budget is 'very constrained'
10 July 2024 Northern Ireland
Money Mentor: switching loans for better interest rates
In the first of our Money Mentor series, we look at how switching loans could save you €7,000 on interest rates, writes Noreen Lacey.
10 July 2024 Money Mentor
Where the money from your insurance premium goes
A look at how insurance companies make money and manage risk.
7 July 2024 Insurance