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Tillage
Exclusive: cover crops could be causing more problems than they solve
Siobhán Walsh
Catch crops can have many benefits, including helping water quality, but we must make sure that they do not cause problems on tillage farms.
Exclusive: cover crops could be causing more problems than they solve
 
 
2025 harvest prices announced by Tirlán
Tillage
2025 harvest prices announced by Tirlán
Tidy twenty suckler set up in north Longford
Beef
Tidy twenty suckler set up in north Longford
Top five tips on staying safe with livestock
Beef
Top five tips on staying safe with livestock
Almost €9/kg needed for winter finishers
Beef
Almost €9/kg needed for winter finishers
TOOLS & CALCULATORS


BEEF
Tidy twenty suckler set up in north Longford
Breeding
Tidy twenty suckler set up in north Longford
Adam Woods reports from a Teagasc farm walk in Longford last week.
DAIRY
Heifer rearing costs hit €1,722/head in 2025
Heifer rearing
Heifer rearing costs hit €1,722/head in 2025
If the opportunity cost of selling a heifer calf at €600/head is factored in, the true cost is as high as €2,322/head.
SHEEP
Finishing organic hill lambs proving challenging
Finishing lambs
Finishing organic hill lambs proving challenging
The preliminary results from a study evaluating finishing systems for organic lambs were presented in the organic village at Sheep 2025
ANIMAL HEALTH
What is causing cows to cough?
Animal health
What is causing cows to cough?
In this article by Animal Health Ireland specialists, the common causes and cures for coughing cows is explored.


TILLAGE
Exclusive: cover crops could be causing more problems than they solve
Catch crops
Exclusive: cover crops could be causing more problems than they solve
Catch crops can have many benefits, including helping water quality, but we must make sure that they do not cause problems on tillage farms.
MACHINERY
Big-bale silage: a 45-year retrospection
Silage
Big-bale silage: a 45-year retrospection
While big-bale silage is well accepted today, Michael Moroney looks back to the early days of the system and his first introduction to the system in 1980.
BUILDINGS
Tillage Management: safety, seed and winter jobs
Farm safety
Tillage Management: safety, seed and winter jobs
There are loads of winter jobs to be done, from walking the fields to putting antifreeze in the sprayer.
FARM SAFETY


VIDEOS


FARM PROGRAMMES
Tullamore Farm Update: wet weather and weanling weights
Management
Tullamore Farm Update: wet weather and weanling weights
Tullamore Farm manager Shaun Diver takes a look at weanling weights and mating performance in the ewe flock.
Tullamore Farm update: breeding progress and grazing forage rye
Tullamore Farm
Tullamore Farm update: breeding progress and grazing forage rye
Ewes are over halfway through their second breeding cycle with a low level of repeat activity evident, while ewe lambs have also been joined to rams.
Tullamore Farm update: breeding progress and grazing forage rye
Markets
Tullamore Farm sees average of €4,870 for in-calf lots
Martin Merrick reports from Tullamore Farm's draft in-calf heifer sale, which saw a 100% clearance rate and huge repeat custom in Roscrea Mart.
From the Tramlines: heavy rain arrives to halt sowing
Crops
From the Tramlines: heavy rain arrives to halt sowing
This week, Conor Kehoe talks to farmers in Offaly, Wexford and Tipperary as the planting of winter cereals wraps up for some farmers.
The farmers behind the Golden ArchesSPONSORED
The farmers behind the Golden Arches
McDonald’s and Lakeland Dairies’ partnership: behind every iconic McDonald’s product lies a network of dedicated Irish suppliers, family farms and co-operatives.
Cryptosporidiosis vaccine delivers for Roscommon dairy farmerSPONSORED
Cryptosporidiosis vaccine delivers for Roscommon dairy farmer
Tommie Devine runs a 170-cow Jersey-cross herd across 400 acres with his father Thomas outside Frenchpark, Co Roscommon. Before converting to dairy, the family ran a beef and sheep enterprise.
PGI boosting value of all beef in ItalySPONSORED
PGI boosting value of all beef in Italy
Francesca Perfetto heads Bord Bia’s office in Milan, Italy, and tells the Irish Farmers Journal about promoting Irish food and drink in her country.
How real-time milk monitoring is helping Irish farmers sleep easierSPONSORED
How real-time milk monitoring is helping Irish farmers sleep easier
When Portlaoise dairy farmer Bruce Thompson talks about milking 300 cows, he’s quick to point out that keeping on top of milk temperature and volume used to be more of a guessing game than a science.