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Farmer Writes: Royal Welsh Show and fodder frustrations

On the feed situation, I find it very frustrating watching loads of straw leaving Wiltshire down the M4 for south Wales where there is a surfeit of fodder.

FARMER WRITES 3 August 2025

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Farmer Writes: weighing up options to finish dairy beef

Farmer Writes: weighing up options to finish dairy beef

FARMER WRITES 30 July 2025

Farmer Writes: time to consign the reaper as we know it to history

Farmer Writes: time to consign the reaper as we know it to history

FARMER WRITES 30 July 2025

Farmer Writes: grass supplies on a bit of a knife edge

Farmer Writes: grass supplies on a bit of a knife edge

Farmer Writes: grass supplies on a bit of a knife edge

FARMER WRITES 28 July 2025

Farmer Writes: Scottish sheepdogs settle into Tyrone

Farmer Writes: Scottish sheepdogs settle into Tyrone

Farmer Writes: Scottish sheepdogs settle into Tyrone

NORTHERN IRELAND 26 July 2025

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Farmer Writes: grass growth gets going again

Farmer Writes: grass growth gets going again

Padraig Callanan was just on the verge of having to open bales when the heavens opened and saved the day.

FARMER WRITES 13 July 2025

Farmer Writes: emptying the CAP card pack onto the table

Farmer Writes: emptying the CAP card pack onto the table

What the next CAP entails is a small bit clearer if a long way off what farmers want writes Tommy Moyles.

FARMER WRITES 13 July 2025

Farmer Writers: ‘farmer's guilt’ at day out in Dublin

Farmer Writers: ‘farmer's guilt’ at day out in Dublin

Lucy Christie made her first ever trip to see a match at Croke Park last weekend.

FARMER WRITES 13 July 2025

Farmer Writes: winter barley harvest disappoints

Farmer Writes: winter barley harvest disappoints

In short, crops had seemingly everything going for them, yet were failing to deliver. I think we’ve all been there and seen that.

FARMER WRITES 13 July 2025

Our focus is often on the wrong end

Our focus is often on the wrong end

Derek Robinson has done his best to keep lambs healthy this grazing season.

FARMER WRITES 13 July 2025

Farmer Writes: all cows calved

Farmer Writes: all cows calved

It took longer than expected for our last two cows to finally calve, and while we were tempted to leave them outdoors for calving, with the hot weather we didn’t want to end up with overheated calves.

FARMER WRITES 13 July 2025

Farmer Writes: constant buffer feeding amid severe drought

Farmer Writes: constant buffer feeding amid severe drought

With the prospect of another two weeks of a predicted heat wave, cows are about to go onto full winter rations on Joe Collingborn's farm.

FARMER WRITES 13 July 2025

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