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Editorial: communicating to non-farmers essential
Jack Kennedy
A more diverse population means it is more challenging to communicate with people about farm tasks.
30 December 2024 News
New year is time to look forward and back
Festive season coming to a close with just New Year's Eve celebrations still to come and it is time to plan for 2025.
18 December 2024 Markets
Martbids Database: light weanlings break €4/kg barrier
Adam Woods has the latest on this week’s mart trade, including what’s happening in the country’s marts.
Number of farms in Ireland dropped 5% in last decade - CSO
The CSO survey also found that the average age of an Irish farmer in 2023 was just under 60.
17 December 2024 News
New TB study to look at badger interactions with cattle
The project is one of 21 new policy-focused research projects which will share €4m in funding in 2025.
17 December 2024 News
Minister was in right place at right time to push organic farming
Irish organic farming continues to expand, but will markets grow at the same pace?
15 December 2024 News
Bergmann celebrates 70 years of spreaders
Manufacturing farm machinery for over 125 years, Bergmann is this year celebrating its 70th year developing and manufacturing spreaders.
11 December 2024 Farm machinery
700 new farmers accepted into the Organic Farming Scheme
All eligible applicants have been accepted in to the Organic Farming Scheme.
9 December 2024 News
Market Digest: stories from around the world
Brief news snippets from Netherlands, New Zealand, United States and Argentina.
4 December 2024 World
Making progress on emissions reduction
Karl Richards, head of the Climate Centre, Teagasc, says that progress has been made in cutting carbon emissions on farms.
4 December 2024 Signpost Programme
'This is not the end of the Waterford story just yet'
Waterford Distillery may have gone into receivership, but it still has plenty of whiskey ageing in its casks and every reason to believe it will come out of this stronger than before.
4 December 2024 News
Route to market for organic produce
With organic farming now using 5% of Irish farm land with a target of growing to 10% Emmet Doyle, Organic sector manager Bord Bia reports on finding markets for this expanding category.
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