Hill farming

Most popular landscape actions in ACRES revealed

Over one in every four ACRES landscape actions approved were accounted for by rhododendron or cherry laurel removal actions.

CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENT 25 March 2026

Most popular landscape actions in ACRES revealed

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Foyle expanding their suckler cow operation

Foyle expanding their suckler cow operation

NORTHERN IRELAND 18 March 2026

Farmer views: 'if we lose the upland farmer we lose generations of knowledge'

Farmer views: 'if we lose the upland farmer we lose generations of knowledge'

NEWS 11 February 2026

Have your say: should Teagasc invest in upland farming research?

Have your say: should Teagasc invest in upland farming research?

Have your say: should Teagasc invest in upland farming research?

NEWS 24 January 2026

Stop nature restoration law following peatland findings – INHFA

Stop nature restoration law following peatland findings – INHFA

Stop nature restoration law following peatland findings – INHFA

NEWS 8 September 2025

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Farm Tech Talk: Mercosur looms, milk prices and hill sheep

Farm Tech Talk: Mercosur looms, milk prices and hill sheep

Listen now to the latest episode of the Farm Tech Talk with the Irish Farmers Journal livestock team.

NEWS 1 January 1970

Hill farming faltering in absence of research

Hill farming faltering in absence of research

Clearly Department policy is driving in completely the wrong direction, with less and less farmers and livestock in the uplands with more and more invasive species.

EDITORIAL 1 January 1970

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BVD – the silent risk that still remains

Irish farmers have made remarkable progress in the fight against bovine viral diarrhoea. Since 2013, the number of persistently infected calves has fallen from over 16,000 to 485 in 2024.

BVD – the silent risk that still remains