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My Farming Week: Áine McColgan, Culkeeny, Malin, Co Donegal

Hailing from Donegal, Áine McColgan chats about her love for her pedigree Charolais', lambing and showing.

NEWS 27 May 2026

My Farming Week: Áine McColgan, Culkeeny, Malin, Co Donegal

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Summer is here, or is it?

Summer is here, or is it?

DEALER 13 May 2026

Reflections after a very difficult spring

Reflections after a very difficult spring

NORTHERN IRELAND 6 May 2026

Farmer still counting cost of dog attack over a year later

Farmer still counting cost of dog attack over a year later

Farmer still counting cost of dog attack over a year later

NEWS 14 April 2026

Lismore estate rental row takes a strange twist

Lismore estate rental row takes a strange twist

Lismore estate rental row takes a strange twist

NEWS 9 April 2026

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‘Don’t go near them’: why Australian farmers go on holidays during lambing

‘Don’t go near them’: why Australian farmers go on holidays during lambing

Lambing is a hands-off job for Australian sheep farmers with little assistance required. Barry Murphy reports.

NEWS 25 March 2026

Next CAP has to reward the people doing the work – Gorman

Next CAP has to reward the people doing the work – Gorman

The IFA president told an Irish Farmers Journal meeting in Laois that he wants to see the people doing the work rewarded in the next CAP.

NEWS 25 March 2026

My Farming Week: Sophie Tyner, Shillelagh, Co Wicklow

My Farming Week: Sophie Tyner, Shillelagh, Co Wicklow

Sophie Tyner is kept busy trying to balance full-time work, farming, and a bit of crossfit on the side.

NEWS 25 March 2026

Lambing sheep is a young person’s game

Lambing sheep is a young person’s game

There would be no sheep enterprise if it wasn’t for my sons, writes John Egerton.

FARMER WRITES 25 March 2026

Clearance sale of 230 young ewes on point of lambing

Clearance sale of 230 young ewes on point of lambing

The flock of mainly Suffolk-cross and continental-cross ewes are going under the hammer in Tullow Mart on Tuesday at 1pm.

MARKETS 25 March 2026

My Farming Week: Dermot Maher, Aghsmear, Roscrea, Co Tipperary

My Farming Week: Dermot Maher, Aghsmear, Roscrea, Co Tipperary

Dermot Maher farms with his wife Colette, his daughter Zoe and his son Evan in Co Tipperary and had quintuplets born on the farm last Friday.

NEWS 25 March 2026

Weaknesses exposed at lambing time

Weaknesses exposed at lambing time

Co Down farmer Derek Robinson has had a busy few weeks in the lambing shed.

FARMER WRITES 25 March 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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