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Nitrates: derogation application, 2025 stocking rates and cow banding updates

Farmers can now apply for a 2026 nitrates derogation, view 2025 bovine grassland stocking rates and declare this year's herd banding for nitrates.

NEWS 31 March 2026

Nitrates: derogation application, 2025 stocking rates and cow banding updates

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Weekend weather: mixed with some sunny spells and scattered rain

Weekend weather: mixed with some sunny spells and scattered rain

NEWS 27 March 2026

Farmer Writes: at the tail end of calving

Farmer Writes: at the tail end of calving

FARMER WRITES 18 March 2026

Beef Management: silage ground grazing, fertiliser requirements and hygiene

Beef Management: silage ground grazing, fertiliser requirements and hygiene

Beef Management: silage ground grazing, fertiliser requirements and hygiene

MANAGEMENT 18 March 2026

Watch: this week's pictures as farmers spread slurry and gather at mart sales

Watch: this week's pictures as farmers spread slurry and gather at mart sales

Watch: this week's pictures as farmers spread slurry and gather at mart sales

NEWS 15 March 2026

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Editorial: 75% of Irish soils are nutrient deficient

Editorial: 75% of Irish soils are nutrient deficient

Lower nutrient imports, economic constraints and limited access to organic manures were all highlighted as contributing factors to weaker fertility status on tillage and drystock farms.

VIEWPOINTS 4 March 2026

Farmer Writes: back out and working in the fields again

Farmer Writes: back out and working in the fields again

I see frogspawn in the shallow pond which is always a sign that it is warming up and time to be out with fertiliser.

FARMER WRITES 4 March 2026

Sowing beans and big beet yields

Sowing beans and big beet yields

This week, Conor Kehoe talks to farmers in Cork, Dublin and Tyrone where fertiliser is being spread and the last of the beet was pulled.

CROPS 4 March 2026

Weekend weather: mostly dry, with rain on way for Sunday

Weekend weather: mostly dry, with rain on way for Sunday

Met Éireann has forecast a mostly dry weekend, until rain is set to move in on Sunday morning.

NEWS 4 March 2026

Dairy Management: fine weather brings out the cows

Dairy Management: fine weather brings out the cows

The first settled spell of good weather since cows started calving means farmers are playing catchup with key tasks writes Aidan Brennan.

MANAGEMENT 4 March 2026

Six factories, four countries, one Joskin standard

Six factories, four countries, one Joskin standard

With six production facilities in four countries, Gary Abbott recently visited Joskin's headquarters in Soumagne, Belgium, and production and galvanising facility in Trzcianka, in northwest Poland.

FARM MACHINERY 4 March 2026

Top five priorities for dairy farmers this week

Top five priorities for dairy farmers this week

Dairy farms are exceptionally busy at the moment but getting certain tasks checked off will be important over the coming week, writes Daire Cregg.

MANAGEMENT 4 March 2026

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BVD – the silent risk that still remains

Irish farmers have made remarkable progress in the fight against bovine viral diarrhoea. Since 2013, the number of persistently infected calves has fallen from over 16,000 to 485 in 2024.

BVD – the silent risk that still remains

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