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Milk supply to recover in 2025 – Tirlán

Carbery is forecasting its 2025 supply to be on par with 2024 but with the usual variations apply depending on the time of the season.

23 December 2024 NEWS
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Highs and lows for beef, sheep, tillage and dairy sectors in 2024

The Irish Farmers Journal dairy, beef, sheep and tillage editors take a look back at the year that was 2024 and the highs and lows in their sectors.

23 December 2024 NEWS
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Dairy Trends: butter the star performer in year of two halves

Aidan Brennan looks back at dairy commodity prices over the last year and says that the performance of butter has been noteworthy.

23 December 2024 MARKETS
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New Nitrates livestock rules coming in to place in 2025

The rules apply to all farmers and include changes to slurry spreading regulations, chemical fertiliser restrictions and lower crude protein levels in concentrates fed during the grazing season.

23 December 2024 NEWS
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Dairy management: New Year's resolutions for dairy farmers

Aidan Brennan looks at soil sampling, cow body condition score and suggests some New Year's resolutions for dairy farmers.

23 December 2024 MANAGEMENT
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Sharp decline in new entrants to dairying

There has been a sharp decline in the number of farmers starting milk production in 2024 according to NI processors

23 December 2024 NORTHERN IRELAND

Farmers reminded of nitrates and grazing record deadlines

The deadlines for submitting dairy cow bands and the declaration of slurry movements is also 31 December 2024.

23 December 2024 SCHEMES
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Five top farms for sale in NI during 2024

Here's our pick of the finest farms to be offered up for sale in Northern Ireland during 2024.

23 December 2024 NORTHERN IRELAND
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What are the lessons from clover in 2024?

Aidan Brennan reports from the Teagasc national dairy conference where the topic of clover performance in 2024 was discussed at the workshops.

23 December 2024
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