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Colm McCarthy: no profit for anybody in Britain’s misfortune
The best outcome would be a reconsideration of the impossible project, through a second referendum if needs be.
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Young beef farmers feeling the pain of current prices
The Irish Farmers Journal spoke to three young beef farmers about their future in farming at a Macra na Feirme farm walk on Tuesday.
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Factories fight moves on price transparency
European proposals to reveal how much factories are paid for beef are being opposed by Irish factories
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Crops & Spreaders 2019 – a leading technical tillage and machinery event
The Irish Farmers Journal and Teagasc will once again collaborate to bring you this event on Wednesday 26 June. The event is free to attend.
Beef Trends: more pressure on prices
Prices back 5c/kg on steers and heifers, with best hope that prices hold, while cows are steady.
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Milk money stays in rural Ireland
Most of the money delivered to milk suppliers for milk sold internationally stays in rural Ireland.
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Greenfield management changes
Following the decision of Glanbia and the Phelan family to step back from the Greenfield Farm in Kilkenny an interim management team has been set up.
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SheepWatch: factory price cuts starting to bite at the marts
While prices were steady at the end of last week, factory price cuts and higher throughput are having an effect on prices.
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Crops & Spreaders 2019 – a leading technical tillage and machinery event
The Irish Farmers Journal and Teagasc will once again collaborate to bring you this event on Wednesday 26 June. The event is free to attend.
Kingspan encourages homeowners to check their tank health with free check
Kingspan has just launched free tank health check packs* for homeowners in Ireland as part of its #BetterOffBunded campaign.
Smart Farming identifies €7,170 average cost savings on participating farms
Smart Farming, the voluntary resource efficiency programme focused on identifying ways to improve farm returns and enhance the rural environment.
You wouldn’t let your lunch go off – so why risk your silage?
Just like putting the cling-film on the sandwiches, a heavy-duty silage cover helps stop the top layer of silage going off and cuts down on costly waste.
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Anne O’Donoghue catches up with Jamie Kealy again about calf 541, who has now surpassed 150kg and will soon be moving onto after grass.
Recycling farm plastics waste – using your IFFPG bring-centre.
Dairy farmer Bruce Thompson is always learning as he grows his dairy farm and business.
He is currently researching and trying to reduce his anthelmintics with a broad range of approaches including understanding more about the dung beetle.
Co Down Derek Robinson got a poultry house turned around during a showery week.
We chat to Wesley Brown in Monaghan who is hosting the first BETTER farm open day this summer.
Shane Murphy speaks to David Kelly of Nether Hall Farm on a recent farm visit.
A bracken control event was organised by CAFRE in Glenarm, Co Antrim.
Sligo sheep shearer Joanne Devaney speaks to Anne O’Donoghue about the upcoming World Shearing Championships in France, working in Australia and writing with her left hand, but shearing on her right.
Tommy Heffernan speaking with Gillian O'Sullivan on her farm in Co Waterford.
The BETTER farm participants visited the Phelan family farm in Co Kilkenny to view their successful store hefier-to-beef system.
Milk money stays in rural Ireland
Most of the money delivered to milk suppliers for milk sold internationally stays in rural Ireland.
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Entertainment
A final farewell to Big Tom
Around the country: unsettled weather sparks second cut delays
With second-cut silage ready across the majority of the country farmers and contractors wait anxiously.
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Manitou's upgraded articulated wheel loader
Coming up on a year from its first Irish appearance, the all new Manitou MLA-T loader was on display at the JH Fitzpatrick stand at this year’s Crops and Spreaders event.
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The year of the yellow leaves
The prominence of yellow leaves in spring crops, especially in barley, raises concern about our knowledge of the cause and our ability for control BYDV infection in the season ahead.
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Grain prices: firmer tone but no fixed market direction
Markets have a slightly firmer tone this week based on uncertainty over production volumes where yields may be hit by weather.
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