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Following Wednesday's cancellation, the National Ploughing Championships will open on Thursday and Friday. NPA assistant managing director Anna Marie McHugh explained the decision to news correspondent Hannah Quinn Mulligan.

Not everyone will be able to come back, however. Mark Frisby from CTS talked about the damage to his stand and the cost to the business.

What about ordinary punters? Alan and Justin O'Sullivan from Blarney in Co Cork expressed their annoyance after finding the gates of the Ploughing closed.

President Michael D Higgins answered questions from news correspondent Thomas Hubert as he congratulated World Ploughing Championship gold and silver medallists Eamonn Tracey and John Whelan.

Hannah Quinn Mulligan caught up with three other presidential candidates in Screggan.

As farmers express frustration with the Government, in this week's Irish Farmers Journal, IFA president Joe Healy urges the minister to roll out low cost loans to

News correspondent Barry Cassidy spoke to Fianna Fáil spokesperson for agriculture Charlie McConalogue about what he hopes to see in Budget 2019 and the need for the beef forum to convene immediately.

Hosted by Enterprise Ireland, Brendan Digney won the safety award for Machine Eye at this year's Innovation Arena.

Minister Pat Breen talked farm safety with the Irish Farmers Journal's Anthony Jordan, including farmers' responsibility in preventing accidents and plans to change the rules on quad training.

Agribusiness editor Eoin Lowry talked to a Bayer representative about the company's return to the Ploughing after 23 years away.

Michelle Miller (aka the Farm Babe) is an American agriculture blogger who regularly debunks common misconceptions about farming. During her recent visit to Ireland she sat down with Irish Country Living journalist Anne O’Donoghue to discuss how she went from being a “big city girl who feared her food” to an Iowa farm girl.

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