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Home Farm: beef market surprises

The recent strong winds knocked a few trees, which we will cut up for logs.

VIEWPOINTS 24 December 2025

Home Farm: beef market surprises

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Flags fly high on new four-bay suckler shed

Flags fly high on new four-bay suckler shed

BUILDINGS 12 November 2025

Top-class finish to Kilkenny cubicle shed

Top-class finish to Kilkenny cubicle shed

BUILDINGS 15 October 2025

Home Farm: harvest over, preparations for 2026 begin

Home Farm: harvest over, preparations for 2026 begin

Home Farm: harvest over, preparations for 2026 begin

VIEWPOINTS 1 October 2025

What you need to know when building slatted sheep sheds

What you need to know when building slatted sheep sheds

What you need to know when building slatted sheep sheds

BUILDINGS 27 August 2025

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TAMS: what’s available for slurry storage and slats

TAMS: what’s available for slurry storage and slats

Martin Merrick outlines what’s available to farmers in the line of grant rates and investment ceilings for both slurry stores and new slats.

FARM BUILDINGS 15 January 2025

All not fair in love, war and slat rubber

All not fair in love, war and slat rubber

With the high price of building materials at the moment, inputs in to buildings are being carefully scrutinised, though not all slat rubber will yield the same benefits.

FARM BUILDINGS 15 January 2025

Reinvesting in suckler facilities as prices remain strong

Reinvesting in suckler facilities as prices remain strong

Suckler farmers are achieving prices that they never have before, so it might be an apt time to reinvest back in to the business with additional facilities.

MANAGEMENT 15 January 2025

Dempsey at Large: slurry storage nonsense

Dempsey at Large: slurry storage nonsense

If we needed an example of new needless bureaucracy causing frustration, expense and potential environmental damage, we have it in this case.

VIEWPOINTS 15 January 2025

New 76-cubicle house eases pressure on Clare dairy farm

New 76-cubicle house eases pressure on Clare dairy farm

The addition of a new 76-cubicle shed on the farm of… will ease pressure on both housing and slurry storage.

BUILDINGS 15 January 2025

Farmer Writes: mistakes made, lessons learned

Farmer Writes: mistakes made, lessons learned

Padraig Callanan learned an important lesson on safety when carrying out farm building work recently.

FARMER WRITES 15 January 2025

Roofing open tanks: a viable option?

Roofing open tanks: a viable option?

Martin Merrick discusses the costs and options with roofing over a tank already in-situ.

BUILDINGS 15 January 2025

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Irish dairy’s green advantage across the globe

Our success in export markets depends not only on finding new buyers, but on protecting the strong and hard-fought position we occupy on the global stage.

Irish dairy’s green advantage across the globe

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