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Beef
Tidy twenty suckler set up in north Longford
Adam Woods
Adam Woods reports from a Teagasc farm walk in Longford last week.
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
Watch: this week in photos as harvesting and sales unfold, and skills are shared
News
Watch: this week in photos as harvesting and sales unfold, and skills are shared
Proposed changes to nitrates rules ignore safety and fail to protect habitats
Tillage
Proposed changes to nitrates rules ignore safety and fail to protect habitats
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
Dairy heifer numbers falling globally
Animal health
Dairy heifer numbers falling globally
A severe shortage in dairy heifer numbers is looming both in Ireland and overseas writes Aidan Brennan.


TILLAGE
Proposed changes to nitrates rules ignore safety and fail to protect habitats
Stubble cultivation
Proposed changes to nitrates rules ignore safety and fail to protect habitats
Proposed changes to the Nitrates Action Plan could put a huge amount of pressure on tillage farmers, writes Siobhán Walsh.
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
Ploughing 2025: funding of over €150,000 for farm safety awareness initiatives
Farm safety
Ploughing 2025: funding of over €150,000 for farm safety awareness initiatives
The Department is providing funding of €152,041 for these initiatives from its dedicated farm safety budget.
FARM SAFETY


VIDEOS


FARM PROGRAMMES
Maincrop potato harvest in full flow
Crops
Maincrop potato harvest in full flow
This week, Conor Kehoe talks to farmers in Kildare, Tyrone, and Kilkenny as the rain arrives to halt oilseed rape planting and the last of the harvest.
From the Tramlines: spring beans harvest a mixed bag
Crops
From the Tramlines: spring beans harvest a mixed bag
This week , Conor Kehoe talks to farmers in Waterford, Meath and Laois as spring beans are harvested and oilseed rape is planted.
From the Tramlines: spring beans harvest a mixed bag
Crops
Sowing oilseed rape and cutting beans
This week, Conor Kehoe talks to farmers in Donegal, Waterford and Cork, where winter oilseed rape planting is under way.
Cover crops and a faltering oats market
Crops
Cover crops and a faltering oats market
This week, Conor Kehoe talks to farmers in Offaly, Tipperary, and Wexford where the harvest has wrapped up, but attention is already turning to harvest 2026.
Cultivate raises unsecured lending limit to €100,000 as farmer demand growsSPONSORED
Cultivate raises unsecured lending limit to €100,000 as farmer demand grows
'Without the Cultivate loan, we wouldn’t have been able to do what we wanted to do' - Aodhagon and Andrew Smith, dairy farmers, Co Cavan.
Levno brings next-generation monitoring to Irish dairy farmsSPONSORED
Levno brings next-generation monitoring to Irish dairy farms
For Laois dairy farmer Bruce Thompson, the days of uncertainty around milk quality and tank performance are firmly in the past.
Inform Nutrition launches Ireland’s first certified organic mineral bucket lick SPONSORED
Inform Nutrition launches Ireland’s first certified organic mineral bucket lick
Organic farming has grown rapidly in Ireland over recent years and Inform Nutrition is proud to lead the way in the agricultural sector.
Solar brings steady income to Meath farmSPONSORED
Solar brings steady income to Meath farm
For many farmers, securing a reliable, steady income is the ultimate goal. In recent years, solar energy has become a popular option for farmers to help achieve this, offering security and stability.