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Weekend weather: rain on way as temperatures drop

Temperatures are expected to drop to the mid-teens, as showers move across the country.

NEWS 29 May 2026

Weekend weather: rain on way as temperatures drop

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Tillage Podcast: world trade and feed imports

Tillage Podcast: world trade and feed imports

NEWS 28 May 2026

Baling straw becoming rare on this Carlow farm

Baling straw becoming rare on this Carlow farm

CROPS 27 May 2026

Grain trends: oilseed rape rockets, grain steady

Grain trends: oilseed rape rockets, grain steady

Grain trends: oilseed rape rockets, grain steady

MARKETS 27 May 2026

Tillage Management: sunshine and good crops

Tillage Management: sunshine and good crops

Tillage Management: sunshine and good crops

HUSBANDRY 27 May 2026

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Crop insurance is subsidised almost everywhere in the world – Jagwani

Crop insurance is subsidised almost everywhere in the world – Jagwani

It looks like crop insurance and using new and improved varieties will become standard practice to access fund in the future.

NEWS 21 May 2026

Gene-editing, new technologies and the consumer

Gene-editing, new technologies and the consumer

The Irish Farmers Journal attended the World Seed Congress in Lisbon last week. Gene-editing was a hot topic.

NEWS 21 May 2026

Sun and heat drive crop growth

Sun and heat drive crop growth

This week, Conor Kehoe talks to farmers in Donegal, Wexford and Tipperary as crops bask in the sunshine.

CROPS 21 May 2026

World seed industry – the facts and figures

World seed industry – the facts and figures

Here are some of the figures on seed from the World Seed Congress from varieties to research and investment.

NEWS 21 May 2026

Watch: seed congress - where some 8.8m tonnes of seed are traded

Watch: seed congress - where some 8.8m tonnes of seed are traded

The World Seed Congress is held by the International Seed Federation and this year it took place in Lisbon, Portugal.

NEWS 21 May 2026

Technology key to efficient food production – WTO

Technology key to efficient food production – WTO

Dr Edwini Kessie is the director of agriculture and commodities at the World Trade Organisation. He wants to see technology embraced and available to all.

NEWS 21 May 2026

Tillage podcast: French perspective, a world of seed and trade deals

Tillage podcast: French perspective, a world of seed and trade deals

On this week’s show, we get a French farmer and grain analyst's perspective, talk to an Irish man at the World Seed Congress and hear from a US grain trading expert.

NEWS 21 May 2026

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