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Farmer Writes: system out of sync with TB

The breeding bull sales are gone for this year anyway, and maybe next year too depending on how it plays out, writes Padraig Callanan.

FARMER WRITES 10 December 2025

Farmer Writes: system out of sync with TB

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Beef Management: condition scoring cows, lice control and withdrawal periods.

Beef Management: condition scoring cows, lice control and withdrawal periods.

MANAGEMENT 3 December 2025

Farmer Writes: a poke around someone else's farmyard

Farmer Writes: a poke around someone else's farmyard

FARMER WRITES 3 December 2025

Watch out for mycotoxin issues this winter

Watch out for mycotoxin issues this winter

Watch out for mycotoxin issues this winter

NORTHERN IRELAND 26 November 2025

Farmer Writes: winter arrives as cold snap moves in

Farmer Writes: winter arrives as cold snap moves in

Farmer Writes: winter arrives as cold snap moves in

FARMER WRITES 19 November 2025

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Autumn calving is nearly complete

Autumn calving is nearly complete

Tyrone dairy farmer Jessica Pollock has a herd split evenly into autumn and spring calving.

FARMER WRITES 15 October 2025

Why knowledge sharing will be key to Irish agroforestry

Why knowledge sharing will be key to Irish agroforestry

Agroforestry combines agricultural activities - crops and pasture - with timber production on the same land. Donal Magner reports.

FORESTRY 15 October 2025

Greenway CPO process labelled as ‘Cromwellian in nature’

Greenway CPO process labelled as ‘Cromwellian in nature’

Oireachtas committee hears call for future greenways to be restricted to public land only and for CPOs to be removed from greenway developments.

NEWS 15 October 2025

Farmer Writes: losing the derogation is not an option

Farmer Writes: losing the derogation is not an option

Despite the frustration at Corrin Mart, there was a real sense of solidarity - of farmers standing together for the future of Irish agriculture.

FARMER WRITES 15 October 2025

Farmers to self-declare milking platform stocking rate

Farmers to self-declare milking platform stocking rate

He said that all cows in the dairy herd will be included in the milking platform stocking rate calculation under the proposed Nitrates Action Programme.

NEWS 15 October 2025

Surge of new AD plant projects in planning system

Surge of new AD plant projects in planning system

Despite there being no current policy support for new anaerobic digestion plants, developers are rushing to get projects through the planning system.

RENEWABLES 15 October 2025

Growth back as daylight hours shorten

Growth back as daylight hours shorten

Daire Cregg looks at the current grass situation across the country as growth begins to decline.

GRASS & FEEDING 15 October 2025

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