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Farmer Writes: the first calf of 2026 arrives

Farmer Writes: the first calf of 2026 arrives

FARMER WRITES 14 January 2026

Time to get calf-rearing preparations under way

Time to get calf-rearing preparations under way

MANAGEMENT 30 December 2025

Farm buildings: our top five features in 2025

Farm buildings: our top five features in 2025

Farm buildings: our top five features in 2025

BUILDINGS 26 December 2025

Farmer Writes: a break from social media at Christmas

Farmer Writes: a break from social media at Christmas

Farmer Writes: a break from social media at Christmas

FARMER WRITES 24 December 2025

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Explainer: what do the exemptions for farm buildings and slurry storage mean?

Explainer: what do the exemptions for farm buildings and slurry storage mean?

Farmers will now be able to increase slurry storage capacity and construct additional housing for livestock without the need to seek planning permission in certain situations.

BUILDINGS 15 November 2025

Specifications on re-roofing grant announced

Specifications on re-roofing grant announced

Farmers have been asking for months as to what the re-roofing grant for farm buildings will look like, with the scheme launched two weeks ago.

BUILDINGS 15 November 2025

Farmer writes: to sell or not to sell?

Farmer writes: to sell or not to sell?

This week Karen McCabe discussed a local tractor run, a farm job she luckily got to avoid and whether or not to sell her red roan calf next spring.

NEWS 15 November 2025

Sympathetic restoration keeps Meath courtyard intact

Sympathetic restoration keeps Meath courtyard intact

Martin Merrick details some of the work completed by John Plunkett on traditional outbuildings in the courtyard of his beef farm.

BUILDINGS 15 November 2025

Where does value lie in storage?

Where does value lie in storage?

Slurry capacities increasing for dairy farmers are set to put more work and costs in to systems, but can value be gotten in a high building cost era. Martin Merrick and Tommy Moyles report.

FARM BUILDINGS 15 November 2025

Beef management: finishing diets, shed space and forage crops in frost

Beef management: finishing diets, shed space and forage crops in frost

Martin Merrick details some advice on finishing diets, ensuring adequate feeding and lying space and grazing forage crops in frosty weather.

MANAGEMENT 15 November 2025

Dairy Day: water quality poses planning challenges in southeast

Dairy Day: water quality poses planning challenges in southeast

Water quality issues due to the soil type in the area are resulting in delays to planning in the southeast, farmers attending Dairy Day were told, reports Tommy Moyles.

DAIRY DAY 15 November 2025

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Northern Ireland’s largest indoor machinery showcase arrives at Balmoral Park

Want a first look at the farm machinery that will shape the season ahead?

Northern Ireland’s largest indoor machinery showcase arrives at Balmoral Park

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