• With silage season under way, Kieran Mailey outlines 10 steps to better-quality silage.
  • Peter Varley visits a large-scale beef finishing unit in Lusk.
  • A preview of the sheep shearing championships in Castlepollard.
  • We have camera at the mart from Tullow.
  • Sheep prices climbing for Ramadan.
  • We profile a strawberry farmer from Wexford.
  • FREE magazine celebrating 100 years of farming and a 12-page focus on spraying.
  • Don’t miss this week’s Irish Farmers Journal for your chance to WIN tickets to the BIGGEST country music awards night of the year! Find out how to WIN

    Dairy

  • Minister Creed won’t make cuts to fund dairy farmer supports.
  • Aidan Brennan reports from a farm in Co Monaghan where James Croarkin has switched to milking Jersey cows.
  • Cork co-ops lead way in milk league.
  • Milk solids boost Greenfield profits.

    • Pedigree

  • Shane Murphy reports from the final two Limousin society spring sales, where the clearance rate was 85%.
  • Report from the Irish Charlaois Cattle Society’s final spring sale in Tullamore.
  • Steady trade in the Angus ring at Carrick-on-Shannon with a top price of €4,400.

    • Property

  • Standing on 177-acres, Brookville House in Co Kildare offers scale, a beautiful family home and lots of character.
  • A 227-acre farm comes to the market in Westmeath.
  • We have a round-up of three exciting properties in the Tipperary and Limerick areas.
  • A promising 15-acre parcel of land comes to market in Kinsale.
  • A business couple secured the sale of a 114-acre farm in Co Kildare which made €13,700/acre.

    • And in Irish Country Living ...

  • We talk to Bloom organiser Rosaleen O’Shaughnessy about everything from presidential visits to site evacuations to surviving on very little sleep.
  • Neven Maguire cooks up his Sunday best for summer.
  • Michael Commins takes a look at what we can expect from the RTÉ Irish Country Music Awards in association with the Irish Farmers Journal.
  • We visit Brú Brewery in Trim, Co Meath.
  • Anthony Jordan looks at mental health in GAA and farming communities.
  • In sport, we have predictions for the anticipated Waterford versus Clare match.
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