Women in Agriculture

Farmer Writes: cattle housed for the winter

Karen McCabe has decided to bite the bullet and house cattle for the winter, while she will also speak at a women in farming event and had an unexpected visitor.

FARMER WRITES 5 November 2025

Farmer Writes: cattle housed for the winter

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Women cultivating their futures on farms

Women cultivating their futures on farms

NORTHERN IRELAND 29 October 2025

Department to host five women in agriculture webinars

Department to host five women in agriculture webinars

NEWS 9 October 2025

My Farming Week: Áine Roberts Murray, Clonaslee, Co Laois

My Farming Week: Áine Roberts Murray, Clonaslee, Co Laois

My Farming Week: Áine Roberts Murray, Clonaslee, Co Laois

NEWS 13 August 2025

Female farmers leading in sustainability feature in new booklet

Female farmers leading in sustainability feature in new booklet

Female farmers leading in sustainability feature in new booklet

NEWS 11 July 2025

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Skort-gate in camogie

Skort-gate in camogie

The Dealer thinks if a woman was told to wear a skirt farming there would be uproar and rightly so.

DEALER 5 March 2025

Cycling for farming research

Cycling for farming research

Veronica White, who grew up in the Netherlands, came up with the novel way to investigate how women working on England’s farms imagine what the future of food production could look like.

DEALER 5 March 2025

Researcher to cycle England interviewing women in agriculture

Researcher to cycle England interviewing women in agriculture

PhD student Veronica White will set off from Land’s End on 12 April on a route of over 1,200 miles, ending at the Scottish border in July.

NEWS 5 March 2025

Galway student wins Women in Agriculture Studies Excellence Award

Galway student wins Women in Agriculture Studies Excellence Award

Minister for Agriculture Martin Heydon presented Ruth Connolly the award which is aimed at recognising females innovating and excelling in the agri-food sector.

NEWS 5 March 2025

News round-up from Northern Ireland

News round-up from Northern Ireland

Weekly round-up of news from the farming industry in Northern Ireland.

NORTHERN IRELAND 5 March 2025

Female representation on State agri boards improving

Female representation on State agri boards improving

On International Women's Day, the Irish Farmers Journal has analysed what changes have been made to State boards under the remit of the Minister for Agriculture.

NEWS 5 March 2025

Watch: women are farming’s ‘secret weapon’ for the future

Watch: women are farming’s ‘secret weapon’ for the future

Farmers, politicians and policymakers gathered in Dublin on Tuesday to discuss how best to further support and promote women in agriculture. Caitríona Morrissey reports.

NEWS 5 March 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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