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Spring weather: 'pits are empty, tanks are full'
Rachel Donovan
Alan O'Reilly from Carlow Weather has said he is experiencing an increased number of messages from farmers under severe pressure as a result of the relentless rain.
28 March 2024 News
Tillage podcast: wet weather, reports, schemes and blight
On this week’s tillage podcast we have a chat with a farmer in Meath, an adviser on potatoes and talk about brewery objections.
28 March 2024 News
Fodder committee must kick start 'emergency response' to weather - ICSA
The fodder committee needs to rapidly reassess the current situation on the ground, according to the ICSA.
Weather grinds turnout and fieldwork to a halt
The national fodder and food security committee is to meet on Friday to see what fodder stocks are like around the country.
27 March 2024 News
Letter regarding ACRES planting
"Time to think about the importance of windbreaks for cattle husbandry" - Ger Roarty, Co Donegal.
27 March 2024 Letters
Farmer Writes: this year may be a financial disaster
"I decided to sow 50ac of our lowest yielding tillage land to grass and arable silage this spring. I like some dog and stick farming."
27 March 2024 Farmer Writes
Farmer Writes: one less hour of rain
Thankfully the clocks go forward this weekend which means we’ll get an hour less rain, writes Karen McCabe.
27 March 2024 Farmer Writes
Milk supply back as much as 10%
All processors are citing weather as being the main reason for the reduction in milk supply.
27 March 2024 News
Surge in rainfall compounds issues on farms
February received 149% of its long-term monthly rainfall average, according to Met Éireann data. Noel Bardon and Niamh Murphy report.
27 March 2024 News
Relentless rain: 'I've never seen land so wet'
The Irish Farmers Journal spoke to a number of farmers around the country about how the wet weather is affecting them and how it will affect their business this year.
27 March 2024 News
Dairy Management: dealing with tight fodder supplies
Aidan Brennan has some advice for farmers dealing with dwindling silage stock as the continuous rain hampers grazing.
27 March 2024 Management
Tillage support a necessity
Estimates suggest that less than 5% of the spring crops are in the ground.
27 March 2024 Viewpoints