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Dempsey at Large: Need for Irish cereal breeding policy

An informed forum should be assembled immediately and a national policy developed.

VIEWPOINTS 17 December 2025

Dempsey at Large: Need for Irish cereal breeding policy

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Choose Irish this Christmas and support Irish tillage and veg farmers

Choose Irish this Christmas and support Irish tillage and veg farmers

NEWS 16 December 2025

Tillage Podcast: new payment scheme and blight forecasting

Tillage Podcast: new payment scheme and blight forecasting

NEWS 11 December 2025

You can help develop a new testing kit for potato blight

You can help develop a new testing kit for potato blight

You can help develop a new testing kit for potato blight

NEWS 10 December 2025

From spuds to skincare

From spuds to skincare

From spuds to skincare

NEWS 3 December 2025

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My Farming Week: John Smith, Bellew, Balrath, Navan, Co Meath

My Farming Week: John Smith, Bellew, Balrath, Navan, Co Meath

General manager at Finnegan’s Farm, John Smith, is getting geared up for Christmas with harvesting of Brussels sprouts starting to get under way.

NEWS 13 August 2025

Weather playing ball for potato harvest

Weather playing ball for potato harvest

Noel Bardon and Anne O’Donoghue speak to potato farmers around the country, as the harvest progresses at pace.

NEWS 13 August 2025

Planting continues in the fields

Planting continues in the fields

Farmers are taking out crops and planting winter cereals at present as dry weather has made the job much easier in recent weeks.

NEWS 13 August 2025

Tillage Management: great weather for planting

Tillage Management: great weather for planting

There is great weather for planting at present and farmers are making the most of the good conditions.

HUSBANDRY 13 August 2025

A bag of chips wins the election

A bag of chips wins the election

The Electoral Commission carried out a poll at the Ploughing on the different ways one can eat a potato.

DEALER 13 August 2025

Gourmet spuds from Louth

Gourmet spuds from Louth

Ballymakenny Farm has done a deal with Marks & Spencer for a range of heritage spuds.

DEALER 13 August 2025

Goal-den wonder man of the match

Goal-den wonder man of the match

The Dealer dug deep into the sports pages over the weekend and saw yet another interesting man of the match presentation on the Scandanavian soccer scene.

DEALER 13 August 2025

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Cavan SFM Show brings the industry’s top machinery under one roof

The Cavan Spring Farm Machinery Show takes place on 4 and 5 February at the Cavan Equestrian Centre, offering farmers a first look at the machines and technology driving the season ahead.

Cavan SFM Show brings the industry’s top machinery under one roof

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