Water
Kieran Mailey on 30 Nov 2021
Clean drinking water - the forgotten part of winter feeding
Housed cattle need a constant supply of clean drinking water, especially animals on a high dry matter diet.
Andy Doyle on 29 Nov 2021
Seed multiplication Australian style
Continuously stressed margins can pressure seed businesses, royalty collection and impact on the development of new and better varieties.
Kieran Mailey on 20 Nov 2021
Beef management: Five farm maintenance jobs for winter
Late autumn and winter is a good time to carry out some farm maintenance work. Outlined are five jobs that apply to most farms.
Adam Woods on 17 Nov 2021
Getting ready for winter 2021 (if it comes)
Adam Woods previews this week’s winter ready focus and takes a look at what farmers can do to prepare for winter.
Adam Woods on 10 Nov 2021
Beef Management: target weight gains, water and webinars
Adam Woods takes a look at hitting target weight gains with weanlings this winter, keeping clean water to stock and our upcoming online winter cattle series of webinars on farmersjournal.ie
Amy Forde on 02 Nov 2021
COP26: it’s time to ‘re-plumb’ the wetlands
The UK's Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust has an aspiration to create at least 100,000ha of new wetland habitats across the UK.
Phelim O'Neill on 29 Oct 2021
Ireland's climate work at risk
Ireland will turn up at COP 26 in Glasgow with the homework done but the efforts risk being undermined by others
Caoimhe Harney on 28 Oct 2021
RNLI called to help ‘mooove’ cow back to shore
Bundoran RNLI were called to rescue a cow from the water after she got into difficulty.
David Wright on 27 Oct 2021
Dairy farmer group call for ‘Solid Change’
The group believe that the current milk payment system in NI is outdated
Declan Marren on 24 Oct 2021
Thrive: feeding very dry silage this winter
While first-cut silage yields were lighter than normal, conditions were very good at harvest time, which has led to some crops being over-wilted.
Aidan Brennan on 20 Oct 2021
Increasing dry matter intake in housed dairy cows
Aidan Brennan looks at some factors affecting dry matter intake and performance of cows producing milk over the winter months.
Rachel Donovan on 15 Oct 2021
Flood works recommence at Lough Funshinagh
Roscommon County Council must find a solution to the flooding emergency at Lough Funshinagh.
Caoimhe Harney on 15 Oct 2021
EU report finds groundwater quality in Ireland is ‘generally good’
A European Commission water quality report has found signs of improvement in water quality in Ireland.
Rachel Donovan on 04 Oct 2021
Water quality interim report highlights nutrient losses
Teagasc and Dairy Sustainability Ireland published the ASSAP interim report on Monday, which highlights water quality pressure on farms in priority areas for action.
Andy Doyle on 04 Oct 2021
Crop research centre tackling rice and cotton production amid water constraints
New South Wales has a very diverse agriculture system, which Andy Doyle discovered during a visit to a research centre working on rice and cotton production.
Rachel Donovan on 25 Sep 2021
Leitrim farmer opts for cosmetics over cattle
Michael McManus’ ambition is 'to make Carrick-on-Shannon the spa capital of the west' with his organic skincare project.
Amy Forde on 22 Sep 2021
The top five areas farmers are failing cross compliance
The Department of Agriculture has revealed to the Irish Farmers Journal the top five cross compliance issues that farmers were penalised for in 2020.
Stephen Robb on 22 Sep 2021
Nine start-ups selected for UCD ag-tech and food-tech accelerator programme
Nine start-up companies have been selected to take part in University College Dublin’s new AgTechUCD Agccelerator Programme.
Kieran Mailey on 18 Sep 2021
Beef management: five tips to get cattle sheds ready for housing
Housing cattle is likely to get under way in a few weeks' time. Following the outlined tips will make sure sheds are ready for when cattle have to come indoors.
Ciara Leahy on 16 Sep 2021
What does the future hold for food?
From diverse diets to functional foods and robots that will deliver your weekly shop to ghost kitchens, the next decade of food promises to be very interesting, writes Ciara Leahy.