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LATEST NEWS
Anne O'Donoghue
Protein Aid Scheme payments worth €9m on the way to tillage farmers
The minister also confirmed that payments under the Straw Incorporation Measure will start issuing to farmers next week.
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Anne O'Donoghue
Red weather warning issued ahead of Storm Darragh
EDITORIAL
Jack Kennedy
Stocking rate debate
Farm payments – a mixed bag
The rollout of payments under these two schemes and the Eco Scheme is among the best in Europe.
SPONSORED
New 'high-skim' Flourish Calf from Volac
New Flourish Calf is an innovative 23% all-dairy protein, 19% fat formulation with a high skim content (50%). It is also enhanced with a proven package of calf health ingredients.
VIEWPOINTS
World Agrifood Innovation Forum a big deal in China
Contributor
Contributor
Dempsey at Large: Baileys remains one of the most successful drinks in the world
Matt Dempsey
Matt Dempsey
Home farm: Machinery safeguards
Matt Dempsey
Matt Dempsey
Editorial: ‘stocking rate’ not key issue for dairy farms
Jack Kennedy
Jack Kennedy
FARMER WRITES
Struggles with two year-old calving
John Egerton
Struggles with two year-old calving
Getting heifers back into calf is more difficult in an autumn-calving herd, writes John Egerton.
Cattle and supermodels
Karen McCabe
Cattle and supermodels
The young weanlings left in the shed have started to thrive since the older calves were sold.
Gerald Potterton
Farmer Writes: shiny new machinery a slippery slope
e-Learning
Contributor
Farmer Writes: a trip to Brussels and cows dried off
New 'high-skim' Flourish Calf from Volac SPONSORED
New 'high-skim' Flourish Calf from Volac
New Flourish Calf is an innovative 23% all-dairy protein, 19% fat formulation with a high skim content (50%). It is also enhanced with a proven package of calf health ingredients.
DEALER
Freda steps up again
The Dealer saw another big election took place in Fermanagh last week, with the Irish Shows Association electing a new president for the next two years.
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The Dealer
New chair for Dairygold
The Dealer
Consternation in Cork
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VIDEO HUB
FARM SAFETY
James Hanly
Farm safety first workshop roadshow for TY students launches
The project, run by Agri Aware, aims to educate students on the challenges and dangers of farming by promoting safe farm practices and providing guidance on how to stay safe on farms.
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SPONSORED
New 'high-skim' Flourish Calf from Volac
New Flourish Calf is an innovative 23% all-dairy protein, 19% fat formulation with a high skim content (50%). It is also enhanced with a proven package of calf health ingredients.
FORESTRY
James Hanly
Applications open for sustainable forest harvesting machinery grant
My Farming Week: Seamus Foley, Ballyhar Road, Killarney, Co Kerry
Christmas tree grower Seamus Foley runs his seasonal enterprise with his father Nicholas in Killarney.
James Hanly
Gardaí targeting Christmas tree robbers
PIG AND POULTRY
Bird flu found in buzzard in Galway
Amy Forde
Bird flu found in buzzard in Galway
The Department of Agriculture has introduced new regulations on the back of a case of bird flu being identified in a buzzard in Galway.
Lidl signs deal with McCaghey Turkeys
James Hanly
Lidl signs deal with McCaghey Turkeys
Established in 1951, McCaghey Turkeys has grown to become Ireland’s largest family-owned turkey processor with all of its turkey farms fully Bord Bia approved.
Noel Bardon
IFA brings Mercosur concerns to Commission offices in Dublin
e-Learning
James Hanly
Trade has yet to crank up for turkey farmers as festive season approaches
Amy Forde
Minister issues warning on bird flu