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Young Leitrim man sets up farm in France
Nevan McKiernan
Nevan McKiernan speaks with Conor McPadden, who moved to France to set up his own farm earlier this year.
26 December 2024 Northern Ireland
New beef schemes for NI farmers in 2025
Money is to be paid out in the beef carbon reduction scheme in March 2025.
25 December 2024 Infrastructure
Ensuring safe cattle handling: an overview of the Grandin approach
Temple Grandin is a pioneer in cattle handling and understanding how best to design handling units around animal behaviour.
Five jobs to get sheds ready for spring calving
With spring calving just around the corner, outlined are five jobs to prepare sheds for one of the busiest times of the year.
25 December 2024 Management
In pictures: recap of 2024 national show champions
Nevan McKiernan looks back at the cattle that won their national breed championships in 2024.
24 December 2024 Pedigree
Highs and lows for beef, sheep, tillage and dairy sectors in 2024
The Irish Farmers Journal dairy, beef, sheep and tillage editors take a look back at the year that was 2024 and the highs and lows in their sectors.
23 December 2024 News
NI Trends: Christmas closures keeps factory prices steady
There is no movement on prime cattle and fat lamb prices in Northern Ireland, with plants working on short kill weeks.
23 December 2024 l2
Analysis: cattle trade kicks on in 2024
Adam Woods takes a look back at the 2024 cattle trade and what categories of animals saw the most improvement in 2024.
23 December 2024 Markets
Market Digest: stories from around the world
Brief news snippets from Uruguay, Netherlands, Russia and Brazil.
23 December 2024 World
Camera at the Mart: weanlings in demand at Swatragh Mart
Weanlings were a super trade at the weekly cattle sale in Swatragh Mart, with buyers also active for cull cows.
23 December 2024 Markets
My Farming Week: Martin Warde, Windfield Road, Menlough, Co Galway
Martin Warde is the chair of the Galway Wool Co-op and a passionate breeder of the Galway sheep.
23 December 2024 News
New BVD legislation from 1 February 2025
Movement restrictions to help control the spread of BVD in NI are being introduced in 2025
23 December 2024 Northern Ireland