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Farming for water scheme: what you need to know for 2026

If you were accepted into the Farming for Water scheme in 2025 then you are automatically accepted in 2026.

NEWS 3 June 2026

Farming for water scheme: what you need to know for 2026

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Baling straw becoming rare on this Carlow farm

Baling straw becoming rare on this Carlow farm

CROPS 27 May 2026

Tillage Management: sunshine and good crops

Tillage Management: sunshine and good crops

HUSBANDRY 27 May 2026

Tillage Management: priorities and patience needed this spring

Tillage Management: priorities and patience needed this spring

Tillage Management: priorities and patience needed this spring

HUSBANDRY 11 March 2026

Crop growers make case for £13.5m of support

Crop growers make case for £13.5m of support

Crop growers make case for £13.5m of support

NORTHERN IRELAND 25 February 2026

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Why are we not stopping grass weed imports?

Why are we not stopping grass weed imports?

Grass weeds are already widespread in Ireland. Straw imports and some seed are adding massively to risk.

CROPS 7 January 2026

Tillage Management: rain, ploughing and slurry

Tillage Management: rain, ploughing and slurry

Some farmers may want you to import slurry at the minute, but only apply it when conditions are suitable for the job.

HUSBANDRY 7 January 2026

My Farming Week: Gillian Earle, Cullentra, Ballycanew, Gorey, Co Wexford

My Farming Week: Gillian Earle, Cullentra, Ballycanew, Gorey, Co Wexford

Having just recently been diagnosed with type one diabetes, 23-year-old Gillian Earle is not letting it get in the way of running her sheep flock at home in Wexford.

NEWS 7 January 2026

Have you parasitic weeds on your farm? Could they be imported?

Have you parasitic weeds on your farm? Could they be imported?

Parasitic weeds attach to other plants and take away their nutrients. They are a biosecurity risk and could impact tillage crops.

NEWS 7 January 2026

AgNav needs tillage farmers - Teagasc

AgNav needs tillage farmers - Teagasc

Eoin Woulfe of Teagasc said that farmers need the verification that AGNav can provide of low-carbon Irish tillage farming, but AgNav needs farmer participation first.

NEWS 7 January 2026

Tillage Management: good conditions and catching up on spraying

Tillage Management: good conditions and catching up on spraying

Weather at the end of December and into the new year provided good conditions for field work for tillage farmers.

HUSBANDRY 7 January 2026

Key role for cover crops on NI farms

Key role for cover crops on NI farms

David Wright reports from the second AHDB monitor farm meeting of the season, held in Co Armagh.

NORTHERN IRELAND 7 January 2026

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'For many of the children, it was their first time on a farm'

Wicklow dairy farmer welcomed students as part of a National Dairy Council initiative, which saw 1,500 pupils across Ireland visit working dairy farms during May.

'For many of the children, it was their first time on a farm'

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