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Farmer Writes: festival of farming and facing into another heatwave

A visit to the Glastonbury of farming and – facing into another drought – despite brief respite from the last blast of hot weather where we lost 4l a cow a day.

FARMER WRITES 11 July 2026

Farmer Writes: festival of farming and facing into another heatwave

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Best practice in cleaning and disinfecting animal housing this summer

Best practice in cleaning and disinfecting animal housing this summer

BUILDINGS 17 June 2026

Best practice in cleaning and disinfecting animal housing this summer

Best practice in cleaning and disinfecting animal housing this summer

BUILDINGS 17 June 2026

Calculating costs on roofing open tanks

Calculating costs on roofing open tanks

Calculating costs on roofing open tanks

BUILDINGS 3 June 2026

Opening up the gates to better farm safety and animal welfare

Opening up the gates to better farm safety and animal welfare

Opening up the gates to better farm safety and animal welfare

BUILDINGS 4 March 2026

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Compact JCB loader a gamechanger for busy Galway dairy farm

Compact JCB loader a gamechanger for busy Galway dairy farm

Peter Thomas Keaveney travelled to Co Galway to catch up with dairy farmer Thomas Murphy to see why he purchased a new JCB 403 compact wheel loader in 2024 and how it has performed to date.

FARM MACHINERY 24 September 2025

Farmer Writes: five sets of twins arrive

Farmer Writes: five sets of twins arrive

The other three sets of twins were a surprise - all twin heifers - and, to be fair, they calved themselves without any assistance.

FARMER WRITES 24 September 2025

Dairy Management: last minute calving checks

Dairy Management: last minute calving checks

Aidan Brennan looks at some of the last minute tasks for dairy farmers before calving kicks off.

MANAGEMENT 24 September 2025

Q-Bed saves mixed Armagh farm time and money

Q-Bed saves mixed Armagh farm time and money

Since moving to a Q-Bed 324 cubicle bedder, Armagh farmers Samuel and Thomas Dickson have cut labour and bedding usage by a third and witnessed an improvement in cow cleanliness, writes Gary Abbott.

FARM MACHINERY 24 September 2025

Farm buildings: our top five features in 2025

Farm buildings: our top five features in 2025

Martin Merrick looks back at some of our most popular features in the farm buildings pages of 2025.

BUILDINGS 24 September 2025

Top-class finish to Kilkenny cubicle shed

Top-class finish to Kilkenny cubicle shed

Tom Phelan and his family have recently seen their 84-cubicle space shed completed to an exceptionally high standard.

BUILDINGS 24 September 2025

Dairy Management: EBI changes, grazing and getting ready for winter

Dairy Management: EBI changes, grazing and getting ready for winter

Aidan Brennan goes through some of the key changes in the EBI that will affect the genetic merit figures for all herds.

MANAGEMENT 24 September 2025

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Measuring carbon is the new frontier for Irish tillage farming

Tom Barry, tillage farmer: ‘I farm in Killavullen, north Cork, and I’ve been farming here since 1995’.

Measuring carbon is the new frontier for Irish tillage farming

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