Agri-Business
Irish newspapers, including the Farmers Journal are being hit badly by the rise of digital media, according to the latest figures on newspaper readership.
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Michael Berkery, Chairman of FBD, will head up a team of judges for the prestigious FBD Young Farmer of the Year awards.
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2014 is a special year for Macra na Feirme as the voluntary organisation for young people in Ireland is celebrating its 70th year and what a milestone
'Agriculture and Food – Irish Growth Stories for 2014 and Beyond' conference, organised by Bank of Ireland is taking place this evening.
Macra na Feirme’s annual farming conference is in Carlow this weekend.
National Ploughing Championships
The site in Ratheniska, Stadbally Co Laois will be a hive of activity this weekend as exhibitors put the finishing touches to their stands for the 82 National Ploughing Championships.
Some 14 dairy farms have been shortlisted as national finalists for the 2013 National Dairy Council (NDC) and Kerrygold Quality Milk Awards.
Rural Life
Farmers Feed Families launched a social initiative earlier this summer to raise awareness of daily life in farms across Ireland.
The Nuffield Farming Scholarships Trust Ireland has selected six new scholars for the 2014 Nuffield Scholarships.
ICOS has arranged a visit to Ireland by the Scottish Bovine EID research team to demonstrate its research on the practical applications of Bovine EID.
After gruelling tasks and interviews, Bantry diary farmer John Buckley last night won the Macra na Feirme FBD Young Farmer of the Year Award for 2013.
Dr Edmond Harty, the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2012, and CEO of Dairymaster, will head up the prestigious FBD Young Farmer of the Year Awards.
Beef
More than 700 farmers attended the Teagasc/Irish Farmers Journal Better Farm Beef Open Day today, which took place on the farm of Heinz Eggert at Sheplands Farm, Sherlockstown, Sallins, Kildare.
In March 2012, the team at DCU Ryan Academy was approached by Irish Co-operative Organisation Society, Dairy Ireland and Nuffield scholars.
If you believe you have what it takes to become a Nuffield Scholar,now is your chance to apply for one of the six 2014 Nuffield Farming Scholarship awards.
Commenting on the 2012 KPMG/ Irish Farmers Journal milk price audit, IFA's John Bryan welcomed the continued participation of all main milk purchasers.
Video highlights of the recent JFC Innovation Awards in association with the Irish Farmers Journal
‘The Field Names of County Meath’ was launched last night in the Ardboyne Hotel, Navan by Matt Dempsey former editor of the Irish Farmers Journal
