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Home Farm: do you use farm-saved seed?

Our mole drains that we put in last year have proven to be a real success with previously wet, impassible spots dry and water running through the gravel-filled moles to an outlet.

VIEWPOINTS 4 February 2026

Home Farm: do you use farm-saved seed?

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Cutting costs at the forefront of IGA conference

Cutting costs at the forefront of IGA conference

MANAGEMENT 14 January 2026

Tillage to trail other sectors in 2026

Tillage to trail other sectors in 2026

NEWS 14 January 2026

Ten reasons to be optimistic about 2026

Ten reasons to be optimistic about 2026

Ten reasons to be optimistic about 2026

NEWS 30 December 2025

Editorial: winter finisher concern

Editorial: winter finisher concern

Editorial: winter finisher concern

VIEWPOINTS 17 December 2025

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Best suckler farms to net more per acre than average dairy farm

Best suckler farms to net more per acre than average dairy farm

Teagasc anticipates that weanling prices will slip 5% next year as 2026's average milk price looks set to plummet 20%.

NEWS 15 October 2025

Editorial: Teagasc outlook positive but clouds on horizon

Editorial: Teagasc outlook positive but clouds on horizon

Adam Woods was at the Teagasc Situation and Outlook conference in Dublin this week.

VIEWPOINTS 15 October 2025

Milk margins expected to fall below 2024 levels

Milk margins expected to fall below 2024 levels

The average milk price received by farmers was assumed to drop by over 10c/l year-on-year in Teagasc's calculations.

NEWS 15 October 2025

A focus on winter-milk production in Cavan

A focus on winter-milk production in Cavan

As part of Teagasc winter milk week of on-farm events, Daire Cregg travelled to the farm of Gerard Donohoe and Conor McCaffrey in Cavan.

NEWS 15 October 2025

ICMSA slams latest milk price cut

ICMSA slams latest milk price cut

ICMSA claims that processors are using farmer milk prices as a reset button for dairy product price movements.

NEWS 15 October 2025

Editorial: have beef factories killed the golden goose?

Editorial: have beef factories killed the golden goose?

The number of farmers slaughtering cattle has reduced by 17,400 in the last 10 years.

VIEWPOINTS 15 October 2025

Pig farms being 'squeezed out' by pig price cuts

Pig farms being 'squeezed out' by pig price cuts

Pig farms were dealt another blow this week as pig price reduced 4c/kg.

NEWS 15 October 2025

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Why this Antrim contractor moved to Amazone ploughs

Ryan Bole is part of J Wilson Contracts in Co Antrim. Available for all kinds of work from slurry to reseeding, sowing to silage, today they are ploughing for potatoes with two Amazone ploughs.

Why this Antrim contractor moved to Amazone ploughs

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