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Home Farm: slurry season opens

The amount of money involved to stock up with cattle for beef is so large and the risk of loss so real that it seems a no-brainer that there should be some form of forward price guarantee on offer.

VIEWPOINTS 14 January 2026

Home Farm: slurry season opens

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Lemken shows latest wares in tilling, sowing and technology

Lemken shows latest wares in tilling, sowing and technology

NEWS 24 December 2025

Kildare grower praises low-cost pin-point retrofit Chinese auto steer

Kildare grower praises low-cost pin-point retrofit Chinese auto steer

FARM MACHINERY 23 December 2025

Home Farm: cattle back out by day

Home Farm: cattle back out by day

Home Farm: cattle back out by day

VIEWPOINTS 15 October 2025

Tillage Management: sowing, seed rates and safety

Tillage Management: sowing, seed rates and safety

Tillage Management: sowing, seed rates and safety

HUSBANDRY 15 October 2025

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Tillage Podcast: budget, sowing and chats from Yorkshire

Tillage Podcast: budget, sowing and chats from Yorkshire

On this week’s Tillage Podcast, we visit an Italian ryegrass trial site in England, talk about the budget and winter cereal planting.

NEWS 23 July 2025

Planting under way as 2025 prices still not out

Planting under way as 2025 prices still not out

Tillage farmers are busy planting winter crops this week, despite the majority of them not knowing what final price they will be paid for grain they delivered in 2025.

NEWS 23 July 2025

Rye: you need a market before you plant it

Rye: you need a market before you plant it

Rye has grown in popularity on farms. It is another option to spread workload, but you need a market for it.

CROPS 23 July 2025

Horsch debuts latest cultivation and seeding wares

Horsch debuts latest cultivation and seeding wares

Gary Abbott travelled to Germany last week, where Horsch unveiled a suite of new and updated products which will be publicly launched at Agritechnica this November.

FARM MACHINERY 23 July 2025

Oilseed rape seed sales increase dramatically

Oilseed rape seed sales increase dramatically

Oilseed rape area is set to rise this season as conditions are ideal for planting after the early harvest.

NEWS 23 July 2025

Lemken Karat offers primary cultivation and cover cropping on Cork farm

Lemken Karat offers primary cultivation and cover cropping on Cork farm

Two years ago, Hegarty Agri moved to a new Lemken Karat 10 trailed cultivator, with two purposes in mind- firstly for some primary cultivations, and secondly, to sow cover crops.

FARM MACHINERY 23 July 2025

Sky adds single disc coulter option to Progress drills

Sky adds single disc coulter option to Progress drills

Sky Agriculture has added the option of its P30 single disc seeding unit on its Progress seed drills as an alternative to its P50 double disc unit.

NEWS 23 July 2025

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Offaly farmer Anne Marie Butterfield shares her approach to rearing lambs

Offaly sheep farmer Anne Marie Butterfield has been rearing lambs for years and says a reliable milk replacer is key to keeping pet lambs healthy and thriving.

Offaly farmer Anne Marie Butterfield shares her approach to rearing lambs

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