Tillage focus: Leading the way with efficient and nutritious agronomy programmes

August 3, 2020

Tillage

Have you completed a winter fodder budget?

August 3, 2020

Agri-Business

Completing a fodder budget will allow you to know exactly what you have and…

Thinking about making third-cut silage? Here’s a few things to keep in mind…

August 3, 2020

Dairy

A lot of second-cut silage has been saved across farms over the last few…

Catch crops important following dry season to take up leftover nitrogen

August 3, 2020

Tillage

Cover crops, catch crops, forage crops – it’s the time of year for them.…

Cavan breeder smashes record at 30th anniversary Charollais sale

August 2, 2020

Sheep

Co. Cavan native David Argue couldn’t believe his luck last Saturday, July 25, when…

Should I offer meal to my spring-born calves?

August 3, 2020

Beef

As we move through 2020, most spring-calving suckler herds will be looking to sell this year’s calf crop at sales over the coming…

Calls for dedicated forum for the Irish wool industry

August 3, 2020

Sheep

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Dara Calleary has been called on by independent TD Carol Nolan to establish a dedicated forum…

Farmer ‘thrilled’ with happy ending to canine ‘tale’ of woe

August 3, 2020

Rural Life

A Co. Cork farmer was thrilled to be reunited with his missing dog recently after Gardaí appealed for help in trying to locate…

Push to recover more netting and twine waste

August 3, 2020

The Irish Farm Films Producers Group (IFFPG) is encouraging farmers to bring more netting and twine waste into bring-centres, which are currently being…

Diversification key for this Burren-based dairy farming family

August 3, 2020

Rural Life

A Burren farming couple run what they hail as the most westerly ice cream parlour in Europe. Dairy farmers Brid and Roger Fahy…

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76ac ‘Fontstown Series’ land with €6,500 in entitlements to go under the hammer

August 3, 2020

Property

Jordan Auctioneers, Newbridge, is bringing to the market 76ac of top-quality tillage lands, located just outside Athy on the Kildare/Laois border. The lands…

Grassland management: Maintaining grass quality and fertiliser use

August 2, 2020

Dairy

The mixture of sunshine and rain continues to see grass growth excel on many farms. This in turn, has seen growth rates continue…

Straw price: Rain and poor yields…prices not settled

August 2, 2020

Tillage

Straw price is still hard to get a handle on, but one thing that is clear is that yields are back dramatically and…

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‘Factory lambs were back €5-7/head on last week’ – Ballymote’s Stephen Hannon

August 2, 2020

Sheep

Ballymote Mart held its weekly sheep sale on Tuesday last, July 28. Along with lambs and cast ewes, the first breeding sale of…

Aldi extends ‘fast-track’ payments for Irish suppliers

August 2, 2020

Agri-Business

Aldi Ireland has confirmed that it is extending its temporary shorter payment terms initiative for small and medium suppliers to the end of the…

Community rallies around parents of boys with muscular dystrophy

August 2, 2020

Rural Life

A rural community in Co. Roscommon is rallying around a couple whose two sons have a rare genetic disease, Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD).…

‘Outstanding’ 88ac residential farm with 1km road frontage for sale

August 2, 2020

Property

An “outstanding” 88ac residential holding with an “extensive range of outbuildings” has come on the market as an executor sale at Coolnahorna, Enniscorthy,…

Looking to take your agri career in a new direction?

August 2, 2020

Rural Life

Every month a range of jobs become available in the Irish agriculture sector, giving people the opportunity to pick out the perfect roles…

Turnkey residential dairy farm in the heart of the Golden Vale with €16,000 in entitlements

August 2, 2020

Property

Cashel Mart has a fantastic opportunity to acquire a turnkey residential dairy farm on circa 160ac in the heart of the Golden Vale…

What was the most popular beef AI sire during spring 2020?

August 2, 2020

Beef

The Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) recently released data outlining the most popular beef AI sires in suckler herds for the first six…

Sheep Focus: A preview of what’s on offer at the Big Boy Ram Sale next week

August 2, 2020

Sheep

The Big Boy Ram Sale, which is heading into its third year of existence, is set to take place next Friday, August 7.…

Glyphosate study to assess exposure levels

August 1, 2020

Tillage

Researchers at an Irish university are assessing the level of exposure of glyphosate to farmers and their families. Ireland’s bioMonitoring Assessment of Glyphosate…

Nitrogen: To spread or not to spread?

August 1, 2020

Beef

As we move nearer the closed period for spreading chemical fertiliser – which starts mid-September – attention must now turn to building grass…

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