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Home Farm: spurt in beef and cattle prices
Matt Dempsey
Everyone says beef and cattle are on a new level but unanimity on the future price of cattle usually turns out to be wrong so we will take purchasing expensive stores carefully.
5 February 2025 News
National Ploughing Association made operating loss for 2023
Association reported after-tax profit once movement in value of investments is factored in.
5 February 2025 Dealer
Éowyn fallout leaves the west feeling unseen
Two weeks after Storm Éowyn made landfall, people are still without electricity, but across the west and north, they have felt without power since the cabinet was announced.
January temperatures below average - Met Éireann
January 2025 was a cool month overall. Rainfall varied from dry in the north and northwest to progressively wetter towards the south and east.
5 February 2025 News
Watch: the week Ireland was hit by storm Éowyn
Our top farming photos from the past week include damages in farms, fields and forestry around the country as an aftermath from storm Éowyn.
2 February 2025 News
Farm Tech Talk: storm Éowyn, lambing and milk price
Hear the latest advice from the team on this week's Farm Tech Talk show.
31 January 2025 News
News Podcast: storm Éowyn fallout, succession and rural crime
On this week’s podcast, the news team discusses the ongoing fallout from storm Éowyn, the issue of delayed succession and hears about a rural crime spree in Tipperary.
31 January 2025 News
Weekend weather: mostly dry with cold overnight temperatures
Met Éireann has forecast a mostly dry weekend, with some drizzle and freezing temperatures overnight.
31 January 2025 News
Tillage Podcast: pesticide reductions, diesel use and EU on tillage
This week’s tillage podcast hears from a number of guests, has all the news and grain and weather reports.
30 January 2025 News
Farmer Writes: hay shed ripped asunder
Travelling anywhere on the roads shows just how extreme the wind was, with fallen/broken trees everywhere and buildings damaged.
29 January 2025 Farmer Writes
Farms get a battering by storm Éowyn
John Egerton reckons he got off fairly lightly compared to some neighbouring farms.
29 January 2025 Northern Ireland
Storm Éowyn: vegetable growers who ‘lost everything’ left with big repair costs
The Irish Farmers Journal spoke to two vegetable producers who have seen their enterprises badly affected from high winds and fallen trees during storm Éowyn.
28 January 2025 News