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Latest coronavirus updates for farmers…as they happen [ongoing]

April 6, 2020

Agri Politics

Beat the drop: A guide to grassland management

April 6, 2020

Dairy

Cows are into peak lactation at this point, so you should be seeing exactly…

New fungicide registered and will be ready for use in 2021

April 6, 2020

Agri-Business

On April 2, Corteva Agriscience announced that it had received product registration for the…

5-year-old boy dies after falling from trailer

April 6, 2020

Rural Life

A five-year-old boy has died after falling from a trailer on a farm in…

Mart status: Updates and commentary as marts given permission to reopen [ongoing]

April 1, 2020

Agri-Business

Last updated on Friday, April 3 It has been announced that livestock marts across…

Largely settled conditions forecasted – at least until midweek

April 6, 2020

Environment

Met Éireann is forecasting largely settled conditions for the next few days – although slightly wetter conditions will take hold from Thursday. Today,…

Farmers move online to source bulls

April 5, 2020

Beef

With the oncoming breeding season fast approaching on early-calving dairy enterprises, farmers are moving to alternative ways to source breeding bulls for the…

Maintaining ewe BCS in early lactation is critical

April 5, 2020

Sheep

The recent dry weather has enabled farmers to get their ewes and lambs out to pasture, as well as getting fertiliser out on…

Could adding an extra vaccine actually reduce the workload on farm?

April 5, 2020

Most farmers realise that vaccination is beneficial to the welfare and productivity of their animals but, on a busy pig unit, the prospect…

Arable April: Fine weather has month off to a good start

April 5, 2020

Tillage

Arable April kicked off on AgriLand this week, in association with the Irish Grain Growers Group (IGGG), and the tillage industry has made…

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Government must ‘protect CAP in post Covid-19 budget negotiations’ – Kelleher

April 5, 2020

CAP / Schemes

The Irish Government must resist any attempt to reduce the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) funding as a result of the Covid-19 crisis. This…

IFA levels allegations at SuperValu…following beef ‘coding error’

April 5, 2020

Beef

“SuperValu must now clarify its beef-purchasing policy.” That was the call from Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) president Tim Cullinan. He claims that beef…

Serving heifers the easy way on a Co. Cork dairy farm

April 4, 2020

James Finn is one of many farmers who is now contract-rearing heifers for a neighbouring dairy farmer. Like many contract rearers, James has…

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Volac warns against ‘unnecessary stockpiling’

April 5, 2020

Agri-Business

Volac has warned that “unnecessary stockpiling” of its products by customers during the Covid-19 outbreak could put pressure on its supply chain. Una…

Letter to the editor: ‘Our over-55 farmers would have never retired in the first place’

April 5, 2020

Opinion

Farmers supply what fills the supermarkets’ shelves. Life on Northern Ireland’s farms is not getting any easier, as Covid-19 tightens its grip. Nevertheless,…

Study suggests humans transported badgers from Britain to Ireland

April 5, 2020

Rural Life

A new study into badger genetics has shown those from the north-eastern and south-eastern counties of Ireland share genetics with badgers in Britain. The…

‘Frontline heroes of food production’ urged to mind health

April 5, 2020

Rural Life

As frontline heroes of food production, it has never been more important that farmers mind their health, according to the nurse co-ordinator of…

Sheep focus: Juggling college work and helping out with lambing 270 ewes in Co. Sligo

April 5, 2020

Sheep

In this week’s sheep focus, AgriLand caught up with Sarah Woodmartin, who runs a mixed-farming enterprise alongside her family in Co. Sligo. Sarah,…

50% of the way there in Co. Mayo

April 5, 2020

Green Acres

As a lot of other industries and professions wind down amid the Covid-19 pandemic, it is quite the opposite on livestock farms across…

Dairy calf registrations surpass the one million head mark

April 4, 2020

Dairy

Dairy calf registrations for 2020 have surpassed the one million head mark, according to figures released from the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF).…