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Are you feeding your crops and maximising yields?

Crop nutrition is so important. It could be what is holding your crop yields back and it can be improved in many different ways.

CROPS 29 April 2026

Are you feeding your crops and maximising yields?

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Targeting fungicides to leaves in winter wheat

Targeting fungicides to leaves in winter wheat

CROPS 21 April 2026

Crop diseases: a quick guide

Crop diseases: a quick guide

CROPS 12 April 2026

TAMS top spends: how to utilise TAMS III on different budgets

TAMS top spends: how to utilise TAMS III on different budgets

TAMS top spends: how to utilise TAMS III on different budgets

BUILDINGS 8 April 2026

Five-star weanlings worth up to €500/hd more

Five-star weanlings worth up to €500/hd more

Five-star weanlings worth up to €500/hd more

BEEF BREEDING 4 April 2026

TOOLS & CALCULATORS

Nitrates derogation calculator

Mart price calculator

Heifer weight calculator

What's in your ration?

Fodder calculator

Contractor charges

VIDEOS »

Watch: this week in photos as calving, slurry spreading and protests unfold

Watch: this week in photos as calving, slurry spreading and protests unfold

Some of our top photos in farming from the past week include spring calving, livestock sales, slurry spreading and ongoing farm protests.

NEWS 1 January 1970

Brand new silage extravaganza set for April

Grass 2026 is a brand new live grass harvesting event hosted by the Irish Farmers Journal, set to take place on Wednesday 29 April, at Cuffesgrange, Co Kilkenny.

NEWS 1 January 1970

12 spring barley varieties to choose from on recommended lists

12 spring barley varieties to choose from on recommended lists

Growers have 12 spring barley varieties to choose from. Choosing robust varieties to meet market requirements is essential in a challenging environment.

CROPS 1 January 1970

Rising wild oat resistance threatens the future of continuous spring barley

Rising wild oat resistance threatens the future of continuous spring barley

Vijaya Bhaskar, a Teagasc grass weed researcher, and John Pettit, a Teagasc tillage advisor, outline the growing scale of wild oat resistance to herbicides and management strategies to adopt.

NEWS 1 January 1970

Irish Farmers Journal launches new ‘Farm Alert’ vaccine text reminder service

Irish Farmers Journal launches new ‘Farm Alert’ vaccine text reminder service

Stay on top of vaccines and doses with Farm Alert, the Irish Farmers Journal’s new text reminder service that turns herd health planning from complex to simple.

NEWS 1 January 1970

Exclusive: cover crops could be causing more problems than they solve

Exclusive: cover crops could be causing more problems than they solve

Catch crops can have many benefits, including helping water quality, but we must make sure that they do not cause problems on tillage farms.

NEWS 1 January 1970

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A different kind of farm visit

Organic beef and sheep farmer, Kay O’Sullivan, describes her experience of hosting a group of chefs on her farm.

A different kind of farm visit