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Grass growth in 2025 beats five-year average

Average grass growth in 2025 is better than the five-year average, but similar to the 10-year average, writes Aidan Brennan.

MANAGEMENT 1 January 2026

Grass growth in 2025 beats five-year average

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Dairy Trends: new year and new hopes for dairy recovery

Dairy Trends: new year and new hopes for dairy recovery

MARKETS 31 December 2025

The small question of finding €90bn in CAP funding . . .

The small question of finding €90bn in CAP funding . . .

SCHEMES 31 December 2025

Calf prices expected to hold into spring 2026

Calf prices expected to hold into spring 2026

Calf prices expected to hold into spring 2026

MARKETS 31 December 2025

Anger over minister's stance on contracts

Anger over minister's stance on contracts

Anger over minister's stance on contracts

NEWS 30 December 2025

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Commodity prices at play when it comes to land leases

Commodity prices at play when it comes to land leases

Auctioneers across the country have noticed a number of trends changing when it comes to land leases with commodity prices and policy impacting many decisions around leasing land reports Tommy Moyles.

PROPERTY 30 December 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 30 December 2025

Hallow hunting for more national titles

Hallow hunting for more national titles

This week Nevan McKiernan spoke to Philip Jones of the multi-award winning Hallow Holstein Friesian herd in Co Wexford.

PEDIGREE 30 December 2025

The carbon footprint on dairy farms needs to fall much faster

The carbon footprint on dairy farms needs to fall much faster

"While the carbon footprint has been falling, the overall level of emissions has been increasing." - Prof Gerry Boyle

VIEWPOINTS 30 December 2025

Dairy Management: training heifers and dosing cows

Dairy Management: training heifers and dosing cows

Aidan Brennan says its important to train in-calf heifers to the milking parlour and surroundings prior to calving.

MANAGEMENT 30 December 2025

My Farming Week: Simon Breen, Gorteen, Emly, Co Tipperary

My Farming Week: Simon Breen, Gorteen, Emly, Co Tipperary

The workload on the Breen family’s farm has settled down, with cows now dried off.

NEWS 30 December 2025

Department update stocking rate rules

Department update stocking rate rules

The government has changed the way it intends to implement the nutrient distribution rules under the new nitrates action programme, writes Aidan Brennan.

MANAGEMENT 30 December 2025

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Irish dairy’s green advantage across the globe

Our success in export markets depends not only on finding new buyers, but on protecting the strong and hard-fought position we occupy on the global stage.

Irish dairy’s green advantage across the globe

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