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Weather playing ball in Co Tyrone

Castlederg dairy farmer Jessica Pollock is making the most of the dry conditions

FARMER WRITES 22 July 2026

Weather playing ball in Co Tyrone

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Reducing nutrient loss to rivers via overland flow

Reducing nutrient loss to rivers via overland flow

CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENT 3 June 2026

Farmer Writes: spring arrives at last in Donegal

Farmer Writes: spring arrives at last in Donegal

FARMER WRITES 24 April 2026

Commission approves €1.3bn for rewetting of peatlands in Germany

Commission approves €1.3bn for rewetting of peatlands in Germany

Commission approves €1.3bn for rewetting of peatlands in Germany

NEWS 15 April 2026

Report calls for removal of river dams, weirs and banks

Report calls for removal of river dams, weirs and banks

Report calls for removal of river dams, weirs and banks

NEWS 26 March 2026

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€600m bill for nature restoration a possibility

€600m bill for nature restoration a possibility

The socio-economic benefits from the NRP will 'substantially exceed the costs', analysts have claimed.

NEWS 3 September 2025

Fertiliser going out on drier land

Fertiliser going out on drier land

This week, Conor Kehoe talks to farmers in Wexford, Laois and Donegal as some farmers cautiously make it back out into the fields to spread fertiliser.

CROPS 3 September 2025

Home Farm: sophisticated solar

Home Farm: sophisticated solar

The early closed paddocks have covers fit to graze after the long mild spell, but while the grass might be fit to graze, the land certainly isn't.

VIEWPOINTS 3 September 2025

Just two farmers appeal GAEC 2 land rules

Just two farmers appeal GAEC 2 land rules

New cross compliance rules controversial with farming organisations have not seen major interest in farmer appeals.

CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENT 3 September 2025

Home Farm: cattle back out by day

Home Farm: cattle back out by day

We are not quite finished all the sowing but with the forecast so good, we are expecting to get it finished and rolled within the next day or so.

VIEWPOINTS 3 September 2025

Dairy Management: excellent weather for fieldwork

Dairy Management: excellent weather for fieldwork

With dry weather forecast for the next week, farmers should make the most of it by getting field work wrapped up, writes Aidan Brennan.

MANAGEMENT 3 September 2025

2,000 acres of no man’s land along A5 road

2,000 acres of no man’s land along A5 road

Landowners impacted by the long-delayed A5 road upgrade have had no clarity about the future of their land. Peter McCann reports

NORTHERN IRELAND 3 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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