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The weather in spring and early summer has been generally favourable to crop growth and development, a complete contrast to ...
The IFA said that the draft proposals circulated in advance of Thursday’s meeting “still have some distance to travel” to ...
Rachel Donovan spoke to a number of contractors to see how they're fixed for drivers ahead of the busy summer period.
The Irish Farmers Journal spoke to three farmers near Birdhill, Co Tipperary who were contacted by ESB saying that poles ...
After many stakeholders slammed the Department’s initial proposals, sweeping new measures to eradicate TB will be presented.
Demand for calves remains extremely strong across both the home and European market. This combined with a fall off in supply ...
The fly in the ointment right now for Irish tillage farmers is the global market price and the uncertainty as forward prices ...
The best trade on the evening was for good-quality ewes with lambs, ewe hoggets for breeding and fleshed cull ewes.
This year’s round of meeting with management of Ireland’s largest dairy co-ops generally had a much more positive tone about ...
There has been no real change in the sheep trade over the last week, with all classes remaining steady. Lamb entries in sales ...
Rachel Gallagher accounts on a magical evening for equine, ovine and bovine award winners at the 21st FBD National Hall of ...
May and June were always tight months for cattle supplies and this year looks to be no different. In fact, if anything, ...