The Farmers Journal team of farmer writes journalists from Ireland, New Zealand, the UK and beyond are dedicated to providing local farming news, comment and opinion across the dairy, beef & tillage sectors.
Karen McCabe takes stock of the winter so far and looks forward to the bring ahead.
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John Egerton used the festive period to assess animal growth rates this winter.
Accidents can happen in the blink of an eye and all of a sudden there’s no one there to do the work or feed the stock. People can be left in an awful situation overnight, James Strain writes.
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Since we are a closed herd, I can’t buy in, so I just have to wait for the heifers to calve into the system.
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Castlederg dairy farmer Jessica Pollock, looks back on 2024 and what lies ahead in 2025
Much of west Cork has escaped the worst extremes of this cold spell but strong market performances will help get the year off to a good start.
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We were due to vaccinate for IBR and Rotavirus this week, but didn’t get around to it yet because of the snow and ice around the yard, writes Padraig Callanan.
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It’s important to leave 2024 behind you and look forward into the new farming year, writes Karen McCabe.
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Gerald Potterton takes a look back at the year that was 2024 in the tillage fields.
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Derek Robinson had hoped his flock might have produced a scanning result closer to 200%.
