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Weekend weather: mixed, changeable and breezy

The weekend is forecast to bring a mix of cloud, showers and sunny spells, with rather breezy conditions.

NEWS 9 October 2026

Weekend weather: mixed, changeable and breezy

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Milking 80 cows and in college by 9am for Hayley Skehan

Milking 80 cows and in college by 9am for Hayley Skehan

NEWS 8 October 2026

Good grazing conditions slow dry cow sales

Good grazing conditions slow dry cow sales

NEWS 7 October 2026

Para swimmer Róisín Ní Riain: ‘I can show younger kids what is possible’

Para swimmer Róisín Ní Riain: ‘I can show younger kids what is possible’

Para swimmer Róisín Ní Riain: ‘I can show younger kids what is possible’

SPORT 7 October 2026

4,000 watch Galway contractor beat 37-year-old ploughing world record time

4,000 watch Galway contractor beat 37-year-old ploughing world record time

4,000 watch Galway contractor beat 37-year-old ploughing world record time

NEWS 7 October 2026

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Valtra's new T series tractor offers up to 245hp and optional €600 coffee maker

Valtra's new T series tractor offers up to 245hp and optional €600 coffee maker

Peter Thomas Keaveney travelled to Finland to take a look at Valtra's eagerly anticipated new sixth generation T series, which spans 170 to 245hp and comes after six years of development.

FARM MACHINERY 7 October 2026

Farmer Writes: 13-year-old cow takes 'one giant leap for cowkind' at hoof trim

Farmer Writes: 13-year-old cow takes 'one giant leap for cowkind' at hoof trim

Karen McCabe writes about the delicate balance between not keeping cattle in paddocks for too long and not teaching calves to sing for their supper.

FARMER WRITES 7 October 2026

Inside young Monaghan farmer's 60% grant-aided suckler shed with a difference

Inside young Monaghan farmer's 60% grant-aided suckler shed with a difference

Shane Conlon’s suckler herd are ready to take residence in a recently completed four-bay slatted shed complete with creep and calving pens.

BUILDINGS 7 October 2026

Grass growth takes most farmers out of fodder deficit

Grass growth takes most farmers out of fodder deficit

The uptake in grass growth over the last number of weeks has saved many farmers skins who had been looking at a severe fodder deficit.

FEED 7 October 2026

How a 152-cow Wexford dairy farm made €1,294 profit per cow last year

How a 152-cow Wexford dairy farm made €1,294 profit per cow last year

Daire Cregg reports from the farm of Liam Rochford in Cleariestown, Co Wexford. Liam won this year’s Grass10 Pasture Progress Awards competition.

GRASS & FEEDING 7 October 2026

A tetany victim is a bad start to the day

A tetany victim is a bad start to the day

John Egerton found the animal on the same morning he was expecting visitors to the farm

FARMER WRITES 7 October 2026

Beef management: worming, grass supplies and mart events

Beef management: worming, grass supplies and mart events

Martin Merrick discusses some key advice from vets on parasite control, coping with grass supplies this autumn and what mart events are happening this week.

MANAGEMENT 7 October 2026

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Bord Bia launches HortLink to strengthen Ireland’s horticulture community

New grower-led network will foster collaboration, support emerging leaders and help attract the next generation of horticulture talent into the sector.

Bord Bia launches HortLink to strengthen Ireland’s horticulture community

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