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By any standards, it is an extraordinary year with new reports of fertiliser supports to ease the financial shock of the price hikes.
Fuel scheme payment of €650 for farmers and €6,000 for contractors
World shearing champion launches Shearfest 2026
New beef range boasts 23% lower carbon footprint
How to apply for the fuel support and TB scheme before deadline
Warning that active farmer changes will bolster corporate forestry investors
We are giving the store cattle a fresh paddock every day, and are concentrating on the land that we intend to close up this week for first-cut silage.
With a terrible forecast for the Easter weekend, we decided we would rehouse everything.
The rain washed in the nitrogen and almost overnight, the unhealthy yellowing of the winter barley was replaced with a welcome green sheen.
We let the light cattle out by day onto paddocks of both new and permanent grass, again with minimal damage.
We received a friendly but firm note from Bord Bia telling us we were due an inspection so that we could continue to be classed as a quality assured herd.
We put the lightest of the store cattle out for a few hours by day in a dry paddock with a full cover of grass.
Normally by this stage, we would have grazed off most of the winter growth but this year, we haven't had one animal out on a paddock yet.
New Zealand dairy tech open day to take place on Laois farm Irish dairy farmers will have the opportunity to see the latest technologies from New Zealand at an on-farm open day at Camcloon Dairy, Ballyfin, Co Laois, on Tuesday 19 May 2026 from 10am.
