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.
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%.
The proposed reforms of UK inheritance tax could have big implications for our farm, writes John Egerton.
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Tommy Moyles recently replaced slats in his oldest slatted house. The building and some of the materials in it have witnessed a lot of local history in their time.
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We have the cows now separated out into the three cubicle sheds according to their calving dates.
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Labour leader Keir Starmer is obviously a very intelligent man but has a total lack of charisma and judgement, writes Joe Collingborn.
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