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Tillage emergency fund but still no land use policy
Jack Kennedy
With dry weather in the forecast and little or no spring planting completed, the €40 per acre might pale into insignificance but it at least has arrived.
10 April 2024 Farm machinery
Alpego’s Jet-X is just the drill for Meath tillage farmer
Gary Abbott visited Meath tillage farmer, Frank Eivers, to find out how his Alpego 3m Jet-X one-pass drill combination is performing as it enters its third season.
27 March 2024 News
Relentless rain: 'I've never seen land so wet'
The Irish Farmers Journal spoke to a number of farmers around the country about how the wet weather is affecting them and how it will affect their business this year.
Farmers forward buying straw ahead of harvest
One tillage farmer in south Munster has over 1,000 round bales of straw pre-booked for this year’s harvest.
13 March 2024 News
Lack of trust of dairy sector by tillage farmers remains a barrier
Tillage farmers were quick to raise the fundamental issues of mistrust in the dairy sector and their appetite for land as barriers to working together at the recent National Tillage Conference.
5 February 2024 News
Tillage farmers look to maintain area despite challenges
Most tillage farmers intend on maintaining their area into 2024, with more planning on expanding than are planning on downsizing.
3 January 2024 News
Farmer Writes: Bring on gene editing
Operation Transformation’s Eddie Murphy warned us that loneliness is so damaging to our mental health, it’s the same as smoking 10 Major every day.
20 December 2023 Farmer Writes
Farmer Writes: This autumn is best forgotten
Tillage and beef farmer Gerald Potterton writes about the autumnal weather and its impact on fieldwork.
25 October 2023 Farmer Writes