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Is protected urea a runner in 2025?

Aidan Brennan looks at the role of protected urea in 2025 and how much nitrogen to apply each month

GRASS & FEEDING 29 January 2025

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Dairy Management: picking up the pieces after the storm

Dairy Management: picking up the pieces after the storm

MANAGEMENT 29 January 2025

Where to now for protected urea?

Where to now for protected urea?

GRASS & FEEDING 28 December 2024

Where to pitch costs and profit for 2025

Where to pitch costs and profit for 2025

Where to pitch costs and profit for 2025

MANAGEMENT 25 December 2024

Unlocking the €60m EIP fund for water

Unlocking the €60m EIP fund for water

Unlocking the €60m EIP fund for water

MANAGEMENT 18 December 2024

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Farm Tech Talk: beef boom, sheep prices, Dairy Day 2024 and new fertiliser rules

Farm Tech Talk: beef boom, sheep prices, Dairy Day 2024 and new fertiliser rules

This week, Jack Kennedy and the team talk about the beef and sheep trade, Dairy Day 2024 and Adam chats to Grassland AGRO on new fertiliser regulations.

NEWS 27 November 2024

Farmer views: 'we need a future for the next generation'

Farmer views: 'we need a future for the next generation'

James Hanly and Tommy Moyles asked farmers at Dairy Day what they want politicians to do for their farms and family if elected.

NEWS 27 November 2024

Calf export trade witnessed plenty of change in 2024

Calf export trade witnessed plenty of change in 2024

The market for Irish calves on the continent has witnessed a number a changes in 2024 but remains on track to be one of the highest on record.

DAIRY DAY 27 November 2024

Dairy Management: meal, lactose levels and costs

Dairy Management: meal, lactose levels and costs

Aidan Brennan asks what is an appropriate level of meal feeding this winter, given where meal and milk prices are at.

MANAGEMENT 27 November 2024

Confidence 'needs to be restore' in protected urea

Confidence 'needs to be restore' in protected urea

There was standing room only for the Dairy Day talk 'Protected urea and clover, is it working?' Farmers called for more transparency on the expiry and manufacturing dates on protected urea in 2025.

DAIRY DAY 27 November 2024

Manage slurry as you do silage or milking – IFA

Manage slurry as you do silage or milking – IFA

IFA environment chair, John Murphy, urged farmers to invest in extra slurry storage, to give them control over when they can spread, while speaking on a panel at the Irish Farmers Journal Dairy Day.

NEWS 27 November 2024

Interest rates a killer for profitability

Interest rates a killer for profitability

Speaking at the session on farm profitability, a Co Cork dairy farmer said that increased interest rates were cost that ate into profit in 2023.

DAIRY DAY 27 November 2024

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Home care an attractive alternative to nursing homes for farming families

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Home care an attractive alternative to nursing homes for farming families

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