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Spot spraying can reduce inputs and improve efficiency
Siobhán Walsh
Spot spraying is here and can be used at field scale. It has the potential to save on inputs, but for now is probably limited to large-scale farms.
17 April 2025 Advertisers' anouncements
Technology For Profit: insight drives impact – meet the winner
Seán Kelly’s success as the overall MSD Animal Health Technology for Profit competition exemplifies a forward-thinking approach to dairy farming in Co Tipperary.
16 April 2025 Viewpoints
Editorial: climate change - new climate technologies essential for farming
Ireland could face up to €26bn in fines unless more investment is carried out now to help reduce emissions.
Could wood powder be Ireland's new super fuel?
A new type of wood burner coming to Ireland, which could overcome the traditional challenges of using biomass to provide heat, writes Stephen Robb.
16 April 2025 Renewables
New scheme launched to support setting up producer organisations
Minister for Agriculture Martin Heydon announced the Early-Stage Support for Producer Organisations (ESSPO) scheme on Wednesday 16 April, which is a multi-annual measure under the CAP Strategic Plan.
16 April 2025 News
€38,000 scholarship available to agri-food innovators
The programme is delivered by the UCD school of bio-systems and food engineering, in partnership with Teagasc, at the AgTechUCD Innovation Centre at UCD Lyons Farm in Co Kildare.
15 April 2025 News
Technology For Profit: attention to detail in Monasterevin
Farming near Monasterevin, Co Kildare, Stephen Byrne operates a 114-cow spring-calving herd, focusing on efficiency and profitability through precision breeding, targeted nutrition and management.
10 April 2025 Advertisers' anouncements
Boluses do the heat detection in Tipperary herd
Aidan Brennan visits the Deegan farm in Clonmore, Co Tipperary, where bolus technology is used to detect heat and health alerts.
9 April 2025 Breeding
Farmer Writes: a brief history of fertiliser spreaders
As Gerald Potterton gets through plenty of spreading and spraying in the fine weather, he takes a look at the technological advances of fertiliser spreaders.
9 April 2025 Farmer Writes
Technology For Profit: a focus on Genetics in Galway
Conor O’Brien, along with his parents Mary and Vincent, milks 144 high-EBI Holstein cows in Loughrea, Co Galway.
3 April 2025 Advertisers' anouncements
New 6M draws a crowd at Deere Dealer days
As the new 6M arrives on shore, John Deere dealers across the country have held open days/nights to provide customers with a first look at the new 105-275hp series
2 April 2025 News
Walsh Mushrooms expanding UK production with new €12m farm
The mushroom growing farm will be built around seven miles from its distribution depot in the Vale of Evesham, Worcestershire, in the West Midlands region of England.
2 April 2025 News