Machinery pull-out: Don't miss your eight-page slurry spreading special.

Pedigree pull-out: Crowds flocked to Carrick-on-Shannon last week for the annual Carrick Christmas Belles sale.

Agribusiness: Lorcan Allen assesses the impact of the electric car on US corn production and its knock-on effects for global agriculture.

Livestock: Ciarán Lenehan goes through some useful and indeed essential items for suckler farms this calving season.

Martwatch: Coverage of trade at Newport and Draperstown marts.

Farm Buildings: A well-designed sheep shed is labour efficient, provides a healthy environment for sheep and shepherd and makes the best use of space available.

Focus – Planning for profit: January is the traditional time for making a new year’s resolution and while making more profit will be high on many farmers' lists of aspirations, few actually make a plan and achieve the goal.

Property: For the most part, the market performed well in 2017, but how much land could you have bought in 2017 with €200,000?

Irish Country Living: From doing 24 marathons in 24 days to his ambition to run and cycle across the US, Shane Finn is going the distance for spina bifida.

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