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Farmer Writes: only good fields grow docks

A five-year-old clover sward continues to deliver strong yields with little chemical nitrogen, but an increasingly impressive crop of docks is proving harder to ignore.

FARMER WRITES 21 August 2026

Farmer Writes: only good fields grow docks

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Home Farm: the ground is too hard to plough

Home Farm: the ground is too hard to plough

VIEWPOINTS 12 August 2026

Nitrogen costs to double by 2030

Nitrogen costs to double by 2030

NEWS 5 August 2026

Performance of white clover varieties under intensive grazing

Performance of white clover varieties under intensive grazing

Performance of white clover varieties under intensive grazing

RESEEDING 29 July 2026

Farmer Writes: enjoying the dry after a long wait

Farmer Writes: enjoying the dry after a long wait

Farmer Writes: enjoying the dry after a long wait

FARMER WRITES 22 July 2026

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AI able to spot troublesome docks

AI able to spot troublesome docks

Co Tyrone farmer David Clarke has had a new spot sprayer treating docks on his farm

FARMER WRITES 20 June 2026

Clover kicks on with grass in crisis

Clover kicks on with grass in crisis

Grass plots at AFBI Hillsborough show the benefit of integrating clover into swards

NORTHERN IRELAND 20 June 2026

Farmer Writes: I've been flat out not farming

Farmer Writes: I've been flat out not farming

Considering the circumstances, grass growth has been respectable and I'm happy with how the second-cut silage has turned out, James Strain writes.

FARMER WRITES 20 June 2026

Dutch never cease to a-maize

Dutch never cease to a-maize

A study is underway in the Netherlands to see if maize can be directly drilled into a cover crop without compromising production too much.

DEALER 20 June 2026

Herbal leys added to Farming With Nature

Herbal leys added to Farming With Nature

The second year of the Farming With Nature agri environment scheme has opened for applications in Northern Ireland.

NORTHERN IRELAND 20 June 2026

Meet the inaugural winner of the Pasture Progress Award

Meet the inaugural winner of the Pasture Progress Award

Liam Rochford from Cleariestown, Co Wexford was last week crowned the winner of the newly established 2025 Pasture Progress Award.

GRASS & FEEDING 20 June 2026

The Grass Week: temporary grass shortage easily rectified

The Grass Week: temporary grass shortage easily rectified

Some farmers may have found themselves under pressure for grass over the last week, but are now coming out the other side of it with improved temperatures.

GRASS & FEEDING 20 June 2026

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Limerick farmer wins Kinisla Milk Quality Award

The winner of the 2026 Kinisla Milk Quality and Sustainability Awards was announced at a ceremony in Limerick, on Tuesday.

Limerick farmer wins Kinisla Milk Quality Award

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