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Farmer Writes: why I'm flat out counting bales

My cattle are not quite so enamoured with my second-cut silage, which is more or less haylage.

FARMER WRITES 14 November 2026

Farmer Writes: why I'm flat out counting bales

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Farmer Writes: I can see two big challenges coming for Irish beef farmers

Farmer Writes: I can see two big challenges coming for Irish beef farmers

FARMER WRITES 11 November 2026

Farmer Writes: I'd rather house the cows than run short of grass in spring

Farmer Writes: I'd rather house the cows than run short of grass in spring

FARMER WRITES 11 November 2026

Our farms can produce climate friendly beef

Our farms can produce climate friendly beef

Our farms can produce climate friendly beef

FARMER WRITES 11 November 2026

Farmer Writes: I knew our twin bulls were good, but I didn't expect those prices

Farmer Writes: I knew our twin bulls were good, but I didn't expect those prices

Farmer Writes: I knew our twin bulls were good, but I didn't expect those prices

FARMER WRITES 4 November 2026

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Retiring from farming isn’t part of the plan

Retiring from farming isn’t part of the plan

I have realised I have no desire to do other things, writes Co Down farmer Derek Robinson

FARMER WRITES 4 November 2026

Farmer Writes: what can we learn from building Ardnacrusha?

Farmer Writes: what can we learn from building Ardnacrusha?

There were six 220t steam-powered excavators, 130 steam locomotives, 1,800 railway wagons running day and night on 100km of railway built for the purpose.

FARMER WRITES 4 November 2026

Farmer Writes: rain arrives at last after four months of burning sunshine

Farmer Writes: rain arrives at last after four months of burning sunshine

Joe Collingborn bought 600t of silage from a clamp on a farm six miles away at a cost of £60/t. This is double what he normally values silage at.

FARMER WRITES 1 November 2026

Farmer Writes: 'still wading through grass' with meal down to 2kg per cow

Farmer Writes: 'still wading through grass' with meal down to 2kg per cow

After the difficult summer, it is good to see the cows still getting a strong grass diet this late in the year, writes Padraig Callanan.

FARMER WRITES 28 October 2026

Farmer Writes: I won't make the same mistake with my heifers this winter

Farmer Writes: I won't make the same mistake with my heifers this winter

Heifer weanlings were down the bottom of the priorities on Tommy Moyles' farm in west Cork last winter and he wants to improve their performance this winter.

FARMER WRITES 28 October 2026

An unwelcome visitor in the form of TB

An unwelcome visitor in the form of TB

Co Tyrone dairy farmer David Clarke has had his first positive case of bovine TB

FARMER WRITES 28 October 2026

Rural health care is a ‘broken system’

Rural health care is a ‘broken system’

Getting carers for elderly relatives in rural areas is very difficult, writes Fermanagh farmer John Egerton

FARMER WRITES 28 October 2026

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National Dairy Conference: how can Irish dairy farming be made more resilient?

This year has presented numerous challenges to dairy farming including reduced milk prices, summer drought conditions in many areas, and ongoing pressures of production costs and labour availability.

National Dairy Conference: how can Irish dairy farming be made more resilient?

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