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Editorial: no need for straw imports

We do not have herbicides to fully control blackgrass or other grass weeds, and we do not have economical methods of control.

VIEWPOINTS 14 January 2026

Editorial: no need for straw imports

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Beef management: bedding materials, winter AI and soil testing

Beef management: bedding materials, winter AI and soil testing

MANAGEMENT 17 December 2025

Tillage management: records, straw payments, fertiliser and wild oats

Tillage management: records, straw payments, fertiliser and wild oats

HUSBANDRY 17 December 2025

Spanish straw for sale at Winter Fair

Spanish straw for sale at Winter Fair

Spanish straw for sale at Winter Fair

DEALER 17 December 2025

Tillage farmers to receive straw-chopping money this week

Tillage farmers to receive straw-chopping money this week

Tillage farmers to receive straw-chopping money this week

NEWS 16 December 2025

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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

Support Irish this Christmas wherever possible from potatoes and vegetables – to crisps and oats.

NEWS 3 December 2025

Spread-a-Bale opens new manufacturing facility

Spread-a-Bale opens new manufacturing facility

With over 5,000 machines built to date, the company’s new facility has three times the floorspace of its previous premises, allowing the business to increase its production capacity.

NEWS 3 December 2025

Farmer Writes: system out of sync with TB

Farmer Writes: system out of sync with TB

The breeding bull sales are gone for this year anyway, and maybe next year too depending on how it plays out, writes Padraig Callanan.

FARMER WRITES 3 December 2025

Tillage Podcast: poor income figures and a chat with a US farmer

Tillage Podcast: poor income figures and a chat with a US farmer

This week’s podcast has news on tillage incomes and a chat with a US farmer in Iowa, one of the biggest cropping states in the United States.

NEWS 3 December 2025

Tillage Management: rainfall levels, payments and winter jobs

Tillage Management: rainfall levels, payments and winter jobs

Fields are very wet in most places at the minute so there won’t be too many out with a plough or a sprayer for another while.

HUSBANDRY 3 December 2025

The good and the bad: facts and figures

The good and the bad: facts and figures

In this article we provide details on tillage’s sustainability indicators from the bottom line to the carbon footprint.

NEWS 3 December 2025

Protein aid payments to hit bank accounts in coming days

Protein aid payments to hit bank accounts in coming days

Minister Heydon confirms commencement of €9.5m in payments under the Protein Aid Scheme.

NEWS 3 December 2025

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Irish dairy’s green advantage across the globe

Our success in export markets depends not only on finding new buyers, but on protecting the strong and hard-fought position we occupy on the global stage.

Irish dairy’s green advantage across the globe

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