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Tillage
2025 harvest prices announced by Tirlán
Siobhán Walsh
Tirlán has announced its green grain harvest prices for 2025. The co-op pays a trading bonus of €10/t where growers meet requirements.
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
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
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
2025 harvest prices announced by Tirlán
Malting barley
2025 harvest prices announced by Tirlán
Tirlán has announced its green grain harvest prices for 2025. The co-op pays a trading bonus of €10/t where growers meet requirements.
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
Farm safety, security and wellbeing event set for Kilmallock Mart
Farm safety
Farm safety, security and wellbeing event set for Kilmallock Mart
The event will take place alongside a sale, with three rings in action on bank holiday Monday.
FARM SAFETY


VIDEOS


FARM PROGRAMMES
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.
Winter cereal planting at full tilt
Crops
Winter cereal planting at full tilt
This week, Conor Kehoe talks to farmers in Kilkenny, Kildare, and Derry where good weather conditions has allowed farmers to get lots of field work completed.
Winter cereal planting at full tilt
Crops
From The Tramlines: planting resumes after storm Amy
This week, Conor Kehoe talks to farmers in Meath, Laois and Waterford, as planting of winter cereals is disrupted by storm Amy.
Tullamore Farm: rams getting ready for busy few weeks
Management
Tullamore Farm: rams getting ready for busy few weeks
Shaun Diver has the latest update of what’s been happening on Tullamore Farm.
Watch: Shed Talks – Supporting the next generation of young farmersSPONSORED
Watch: Shed Talks – Supporting the next generation of young farmers
At the AIB Shed Talks, industry experts explored how Ireland’s agri sector can support the next generation of farmers.
Get your cows ready to thrive this dry-off seasonSPONSORED
Get your cows ready to thrive this dry-off season
Health, fertility and milk yield in the next lactation - all under control with smaXtec.
Irish food and drink in Northern EuropeSPONSORED
Irish food and drink in Northern Europe
Will McGrath hails from a farming background in Co Tipperary and heads Bord Bia’s promotion of Irish food and drink in Scandinavian countries
CAP Network to spotlight growing Agri Bioeconomy sector at National ConferenceSPONSORED
CAP Network to spotlight growing Agri Bioeconomy sector at National Conference
CAP Network Ireland, in collaboration with the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, is hosting a conference on Agri Bioeconomy Value Chains & Business Models in Ireland.