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Seeing double with two underpasses in Cork
Martin Merrick
The O’Sullivans recently completed work on not one but two underpasses on their West Cork dairy farm. Martin Merrick reports.
23 April 2025 World
Market digest – stories from around the world
Brief news snippets from: United States, China, Paraguay and Australia
23 April 2025 News
Farmers face hike in water charges
The proposals, requested by the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU), are set to come into force on 1 October 2025 for non-domestic Irish Water customers.
Genus ABS refines its AI provision in NI
The change will cause significant upheaval for many farmers, especially those who depend on the company’s long-running RMS service.
23 April 2025 Northern Ireland
Farmer Writes: strong beef price can only be seen as a good thing
I would like to see the people who put in the hard work of breeding and calving cows getting well paid for it, because God knows we’ve done it long enough for nothing.
21 April 2025 Farmer Writes
Outstanding trade for cattle at Kilrea
David Clarke reports from the weekly sale of beef cattle at Kilrea Mart on Wednesday 9 April 2025
16 April 2025 Northern Ireland
Farmer Writes: grass is flying it
All cows are calved now, and they’re on 4kg of a breeder nut along with an allocation of 17kg DM of grass.
16 April 2025 Farmer Writes
Opposition to 1,000ac solar farm in Cork
Over 100 people attended a meeting of the Inch Killeagh Rural Preservation Group on Wednesday 9 April, where concerns were raised about the impact such a large solar farm would have on the local area.
16 April 2025 Renewables
Plans scuppered in another busy spring
Fermanagh farmer John Egerton had hoped he might be able to avoid the lambing shed this spring
16 April 2025 Farmer Writes
Watch: farmer delivers triplet calves on Tipperary farm
The three Angus calves were a nice touch to mark Mother's Day on White's family farm in Mullinahone.
10 April 2025 News
Beef prices could be hit by new TB proposals
The proposed changes will reduce competition for cows in the marts and could ultimately impact beef prices.
9 April 2025 News
New Zealand’s trade ethos similar to that of Europe
Hamish Marr, New Zealand’s special agricultural trade envoy, is a fifth-generation mixed arable farmer from Methven in the South Island of New Zealand. He met with Jack Kennedy this week.
9 April 2025 News