Slatted shed

How much better off are farmers with the new TAMS reference costs?

Martin Merrick does the sums on what exactly a farmer can expect back from a grant spec development, and how much better off they are now with new reference costs.

BUILDINGS 22 October 2025

How much better off are farmers with the new TAMS reference costs?

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Farmer Writes: waterfall in a feed passage

Farmer Writes: waterfall in a feed passage

FARMER WRITES 10 September 2025

Editorial: top spec investment for Kilkenny farm

Editorial: top spec investment for Kilkenny farm

VIEWPOINTS 6 August 2025

Browne seeks planning for sheds

Browne seeks planning for sheds

Browne seeks planning for sheds

NEWS 25 June 2025

TAMS: what’s available for slurry storage and slats

TAMS: what’s available for slurry storage and slats

TAMS: what’s available for slurry storage and slats

FARM BUILDINGS 4 June 2025

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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 1 January 1970

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 1 January 1970

Major fall in new farm buildings

Major fall in new farm buildings

The area of buildings for agriculture that were granted planning permission has fallen for the third year in a row and is now at 53% of area granted in 2021.

NEWS 1 January 1970

Storm damage kills Clare stock bull

Storm damage kills Clare stock bull

The roller doors of the shed buckled and the roof was gone off another shed on Roger Fahy's farm in Clare.

NEWS 1 January 1970

Slurry agitation and management warning issued

Slurry agitation and management warning issued

The warning for contractors and their farmer clients comes as the 2025 spreading season begins and the FCI has issued a seven-point summary guide to ensure safety during slurry agitation.

NEWS 1 January 1970

Farmer Writes: A slatted shed like Trigger's broom

Farmer Writes: A slatted shed like Trigger's broom

Tommy Moyles recently replaced slats in his oldest slatted house. The building and some of the materials in it have witnessed a lot of local history in their time.

FARMER WRITES 1 January 1970

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