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Weekend weather: drier and brighter, with some drizzle

This weekend is set to be mostly dry, with bright spells in places and just some patches of rain and drizzle at times.

NEWS 30 October 2026

Weekend weather: drier and brighter, with some drizzle

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Tillage Podcast: Tillage Day preview, water quality and a new product

Tillage Podcast: Tillage Day preview, water quality and a new product

NEWS 29 October 2026

Farmer Writes: 'still wading through grass' with meal down to 2kg per cow

Farmer Writes: 'still wading through grass' with meal down to 2kg per cow

FARMER WRITES 28 October 2026

Storm preparation: the essentials I keep in my emergency box

Storm preparation: the essentials I keep in my emergency box

Storm preparation: the essentials I keep in my emergency box

BLOG 28 October 2026

Steps to build resilience against weather impacts

Steps to build resilience against weather impacts

Steps to build resilience against weather impacts

NEWS 28 October 2026

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Crop and disease insurance included in new CAP

Crop and disease insurance included in new CAP

Risk management and crisis support will be significantly elevated in the next CAP, although it looks like individual member state governments will be left paying for such schemes

NEWS 28 October 2026

Storm Boelo to bring heavy rain and wind to west and north

Storm Boelo to bring heavy rain and wind to west and north

A mix of status orange and yellow wind and rain warnings have been issued for counties mainly in the west and north over the weekend.

NEWS 23 October 2026

Weekend weather: wet and windy conditions expected over coming days

Weekend weather: wet and windy conditions expected over coming days

Unsettled conditions are set to kick in from Friday and remain for the weekend and into next week, according to Met Éireann.

NEWS 23 October 2026

Editorial: what will 10 billion people eat?

Editorial: what will 10 billion people eat?

Water availability for food production will be one of the defining limitations in feeding 10 billion people in 2050.

VIEWPOINTS 21 October 2026

Farmer Writes: the dreaded herd test

Farmer Writes: the dreaded herd test

Autumn brings the dreaded herd test, and while we’ve now been running a clear herd since mandatory testing began in 1962, there’s always an underlying fear that TB will pop up.

FARMER WRITES 21 October 2026

Dairy Management: teat sealing heifers and getting sheds winter-ready

Dairy Management: teat sealing heifers and getting sheds winter-ready

Preparing sheds for housing and organising to teat seal heifers are important management tasks this week writes Brendan Horan.

MANAGEMENT 21 October 2026

Building weather resilience on tillage farms

Building weather resilience on tillage farms

The summer drought of 2026 will live long in the memory of tillage farmers but there are actions that can be taken to mitigate the risk to future weather extremes, writes Conor Kehoe

NEWS 21 October 2026

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