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Farmer Writes: running a dairy farm has been difficult this year

English dairy farmer Joe Collingborn reflects on a tough year for dairy farming.

NEWS 20 December 2025

Farmer Writes: running a dairy farm has been difficult this year

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Two suspected cases of bluetongue on fourth NI farm

Two suspected cases of bluetongue on fourth NI farm

NORTHERN IRELAND 16 December 2025

You can help develop a new testing kit for potato blight

You can help develop a new testing kit for potato blight

NEWS 10 December 2025

Tillage Management: nitrates, weather and herbicides

Tillage Management: nitrates, weather and herbicides

Tillage Management: nitrates, weather and herbicides

HUSBANDRY 10 December 2025

Orange weather warning for 11 counties

Orange weather warning for 11 counties

Orange weather warning for 11 counties

NEWS 8 December 2025

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Weekend Weather: turning milder with spells of rain and dry intervals

Weekend Weather: turning milder with spells of rain and dry intervals

Met Éireann has said that this weekend will be changeable with spells of rain, showers and some dry intervals. It will be turning milder too.

NEWS 26 November 2025

Tillage Podcast: poor income figures and a chat with a US farmer

Tillage Podcast: poor income figures and a chat with a US farmer

This week’s podcast has news on tillage incomes and a chat with a US farmer in Iowa, one of the biggest cropping states in the United States.

NEWS 26 November 2025

NI records third-wettest autumn

NI records third-wettest autumn

Met Office figures confirm NI's autumn was the third wettest since records began

NORTHERN IRELAND 26 November 2025

Farm incomes estimated to be up 33% on average this year

Farm incomes estimated to be up 33% on average this year

The new report from Teagasc economists shows farm incomes have improved in all sectors bar pigs.

NEWS 26 November 2025

Tillage Podcast: soil, biological solutions and markets

Tillage Podcast: soil, biological solutions and markets

This week’s show features the news, a grain price report and an interview from the US on biological plant solutions.

NEWS 26 November 2025

Farmer Writes: Irish farmers paying the price for EU red tape

Farmer Writes: Irish farmers paying the price for EU red tape

From my perspective, the EU is firing out policies that completely clash with each other, and Irish farmers are the ones paying the price.

FARMER WRITES 26 November 2025

No complaints about slurry ban, says Muir

No complaints about slurry ban, says Muir

The current closed period for slurry spreading will not be changed as part of the ongoing review of the Nutrients Action Programme.

NORTHERN IRELAND 26 November 2025

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Irish dairy’s green advantage across the globe

Our success in export markets depends not only on finding new buyers, but on protecting the strong and hard-fought position we occupy on the global stage.

Irish dairy’s green advantage across the globe

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