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Applications now open for FBD Young Farmer of the Year
Kelsey Daly
The overall winner of the 2023 FBD Young Farmer of the Year will receive €5,000, with category runners-up taking home €1,000 each.
 
 
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TAMS for young farmers opens for applications
Podcast
Young Stock Podcast: software engineer starts sheep
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Young Stock Podcast: show season for rare and exotic breeds in Wexford
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Farmers ‘spoken to and not with’ – IFA
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‘Preliminary outline’ of forgotten farmers' scheme already prepared
The Minister maintains that the bare bones of a possible scheme have been drawn up, but details cannot be revealed until funding options are assessed.
26 May 2023
News
Future of food among talks at Bord Bia’s Bloom
Irish rugby stars will be celebrating World Milk Day in the National Dairy Council show garden at Bloom this year and there will be several talks on food and farming.
23 May 2023
News
Cut herd numbers and red meat intake – health report
A consortium of health professionals has made a wide range of recommendations aimed at changing how we produce food and the types of food we eat.
17 May 2023
News
Macra to increase membership in new strategy
Macra members headed south to Bantry, Co Cork, at the weekend for the organisation’s AGM.
17 May 2023
News
McConalogue urges farmers to submit BISS applications before May deadline
Additional clinics to aid with BISS applications announced prior to schemes closing date.
10 May 2023
News
Teacher and dairy farmer Ellen Vaughan is the Teagasc/FBD Student of the Year
In a first for the competition, which took place in the Castleknock Hotel on 9 May, all three category winners were female.
9 May 2023
 
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TAMS III now open for LESS and milking equipment
The investment ceiling on both the LESS and milking equipment has increased from €40,000 up to €90,000 under this TAMS.
8 May 2023
Opinion
Opinion: Macra marched for all our futures
Macra's 79km march was both highly symbolic and very important, thinks Pat O'Toole.
29 April 2023
Shows & showing
National titles up for grabs at sheep shearing
With the Golden Shearers World Championships just over one month away, this year's sheep shearing competition at Balmoral Show has attracted a strong entry field looking to refine theirs skills.
3 May 2023