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Northern Ireland
Pressure on merchants to cut fertiliser prices
Peter McCann
The price of natural gas peaked in mid-February with most international markets down almost 40% since then.
7 May 2025 Grass & feeding
Grass+ beef: weather couldn’t be much better for many
The vast majority of farmers are lapping up the current weather conditions, but some are feeling a pinch already with the lack of moisture.
30 April 2025 News
Fertiliser prices steady up
Urea was costing Irish farmers around €470/t in January, it rose to €545/t in March and is now sitting between €565/t and €570/t.
Significant investment needed to achieve climate targets – IFA
IFA environment chair John Murphy said that the fairest and most efficient way to support climate action is to incentivise and support farmers to adopt measures in the plan.
25 April 2025 Climate and environment
Grass+ Beef: growth and mood lifts
Growth has taken a nice lift in the last week or 10 days, with the sprinkle of rainfall helping matters.
16 April 2025 Grass & feeding
Action plan on way for reducing age at slaughter
The Climate Action Plan targets an average slaughter age of 24 to 25 months for prime cattle by 2025.
15 April 2025 Climate and environment
Farmer Writes: hoping for a better year than 2012
James Strain reflects on some of the similarities between the start of this year and 2012, but hopes for a much different ending.
2 April 2025 Farmer Writes
Home Farm: spring tillage work continues
We have also bought in some straight potash, following our soil samples showing low K on the silage ground.
2 April 2025 Viewpoints
Two boatloads of urea to land next week
Demand for urea remains strong this week despite shortfalls in supply in parts of the country.
27 March 2025 News
Grass+ Dairy: great grass utilisation, but too cold for growth
While grazing conditions have been excellent for the most part, growth has struggled to surpass 10kg DM/ha, writes Thomas Condon.
19 March 2025 Grass & feeding
Setting up the spreader: understanding the difference between urea and compounds
Peter Thomas Keaveney looks at the main steps involved in checking over the fertiliser spreader, and outlines the importance of adjusting the spreader depending on the type of fertiliser being spread.
12 March 2025 News
Grass+ Dairy: sluggish grass growth could lead to trouble
Regrowths on the first grazed paddocks are very lack lustre, and could spell trouble when it comes to the second round, write Thomas Condon.
12 March 2025 Grass & feeding