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Tillage
Tillage Management: safety, seed and winter jobs
Siobhán Walsh
There are loads of winter jobs to be done, from walking the fields to putting antifreeze in the sprayer.
8 November 2025 Winter Indoor Management
Prevention rather than cure for storm damage
Martin Merrick discusses what are they key areas within the farm yard that farmers need to focus on ahead of any winter storms.
6 November 2025 News
Extension to deadline for claiming grant aid on PTO shaft covers
The grants cover 60% of the cost of PTO shaft covers up to €100 and can be claimed on up to four units per farmer.
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.
25 October 2025 News
Tillage Management: weeds, slugs and aphids
A lot of winter planting has been completed, but there are plenty of pests to look out for and weeds to be controlled.
22 October 2025 Husbandry
Watch: 'my head was dizzy and the headaches were cruel'
Mobile plunge sheep dipping operator Kevin Sheridan from Co Meath recalls the after effects of dipping sheep without any protective face mask, Darren Carty reports.
22 October 2025 Farm safety
PTO deadline looms
Grant aid of 60% will be provided up to a cost of €100/PTO shaft cover, with farms eligible to draw down grant aid on up to four PTO covers.
15 October 2025 Farm safety
Watch: are you protecting yourself while spraying?
Farmers across the country generally need to spray at some stage or another, and should be trained and dressed appropriately.
15 October 2025 News
Simple fixes for farm safety this winter housing period with TAMS
With a 60% grant aid available for items under the TAMS Farm Safety Scheme, Martin Merrick looks at some of the key items farmers can invest in within their yard to improve farm safety.
8 October 2025 Buildings
2025 Surge in farm fatalities, older farmers most vulnerable
There have been 16 confirmed deaths on farms this year, a figure that tragically surpasses the total for all of 2024. Older farmers are particularly vulnerable.
26 September 2025 Advertisers' anouncements
Base milk price falls at the wrong time for winter milk producers
Aidan Brennan says the drop in milk price over the last few months is coming at the wrong time for liquid and winter milk producers.
24 September 2025 Liquid Milk
‘It’s creating that sense of community’
A farm safety programme has been launched by Irish Rural Link with nine representatives to act as community champions for farmer safety and wellbeing across local communities, writes Sarah McIntosh.
24 September 2025 Careers