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Editorial: TB developments
Jack Kennedy
TB: if one in five herds have reactors, it shows the scale of the problem.
12 March 2025 Money Mentor
Money Mentor: is there a smarter way to pay my taxes?
How to better manage taxes and create a strategy that works.
11 March 2025 News
Tirlán launches €5m TB support programme
Tirlán CEO Seán Molloy said that there has been an increase nationally in the number of herds affected by TB and the co-op is taking a proactive approach to the challenge.
Switch to dairy beef working well in Westmeath
Adam Woods visited Cormac and Bernadette Kelly who farm just outside Kilbeggan in Co Westmeath. They went from a suckler and sheep enterprise to dairy beef.
26 February 2025 Breeding & health
December milk must ‘maintain high price’ – ICMSA
The association’s Dairy Committee chair, Noel Murphy, has indicated confidence that the December milk prices due to be announced in the coming days will continue to move ahead positively.
8 January 2025 News
Is buying land a good investment?
Aidan Brennan takes a look at some of the topics that are coming up at the Positive Farmers Conference in Cork in January.
18 December 2024 Management
Beef Management: pneumonia cases on the rise and managing cashflow
Adam Woods takes a look at managing cashflow on a drystock farm and what to do in the face of a pneumonia outbreak.
11 December 2024 Management
Up to £3m tax relief for jointly owned farms
Peter McCann looks at the various issues for farmers arising from last week's UK autumn budget.
6 November 2024 Northern Ireland
Bank willing to meet farmers face-to-face
Farmers were critical of the online lending application system, but Susan Maher of Bank of Ireland said meetings are available, but by appointment only
23 October 2024 News
ECB interest rate reductions must benefit farmers - IFA
The European Central Bank has announced another interest rate cut by a quarter of one percent.
21 October 2024 News