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Find out what’s inside this week’s Irish Farmers Journal.

News Headlines (ROI)

  • We reveal how margins surged for fertiliser companies as prices spiked

  • Building work down by up to 50% across the country

  • Irish beef PGI a slow burn, says Dawn Meats boss

  • Macra hit by €400,000 loss in ‘challenging’ year
  • Details of the new platform launched to trade farm carbon credits

  • Plans for more female-only tractor driving courses

  • Farmland to escape rewetting firing line

  • Pat O'Toole meets the candidates in the Ireland South constituency

    • Free 40-page exclusive report on the future of food in Ireland

  • Don’t miss your free report, in association with KPMG, which examines the future of food production on the island of Ireland, from inside the farm gate all the way to the very latest developments in consumer foods

  • We analyse what the challenges and opportunities are for the industry in the future

  • How the derogation decision is critical to Irish farmers

  • Why the beef trade can have cautious optimism in 2024

  • The strategy team at KPMG analyse the succession challenges facing farmers in Ireland

    • News Headlines (NI)

  • Lakeland to move to milk solids payment – we have details on the major changes to its milk pricing model in NI

  • Muir left powerless on animal disease

  • How NIFAIS are to be made ‘more user friendly’

  • Soya price surge to impact feed trade

    • AgriBusiness

  • Lorcan Roche Kelly outlines how fertiliser suppliers’ profits jumped 160% when prices soared

  • As Beyond Meat report another decline in sales we ask if this reflects the category’s problems?

  • Record Brazilian beef exports in April

    • Livestock

  • How grass issues and winter feed are dominating discussion groups

  • Adam Woods has key advice on when and how to wean dairy beef calves

  • The Greek farmers questioning the future following flooding

    • Tillage

  • We answer your questions on solar PV

  • Siobhán Walsh looks at some tricky decisions that need to be made, from aphicides to fungicides

  • Find out the results from our first full crop survey of agronomists across the country this year

  • How to know if your silage pit is the right size for your farm

    • Focus – sheep handling, dipping and tagging

  • Why the NSWS payment can help offset global slump in wool prices

  • With blowfly and tick risk season on the horizon what can you do to prepare?

  • Maximise your efficiency with the optimal handling of costly vaccines

  • How the tech guld in TAMS is leaving sheep farmers at a loss

  • A look ahead to the Shearfest extravanganza set for the June bank holiday weekend

    • Irish Country Living

  • The impact of sudden hearing loss – farmers and contractors are among the people most at risk, so what can we do about it?

  • Should Ireland grow more grain for human consumption?

  • The eyesore that is campaign posters – are they really needed?

    • Pedigree

  • Envy for Eniver herd in Ballymena

  • Thrunton Trouper topped the trade in Carlisle

    • Machinery

    • How much did Euro tractor registrations reduce by in 2023?

  • Kubota appoints new Irish dealer manager

  • The team have advice on servicing a disc mower before taking to the fields