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Key messages from Grange beef open day
Jack Kennedy
The message and visual demonstration on the value of CBV was clear.
26 June 2024 Viewpoints
Cover crop nonsense
Frustration from farmers centered around the specific rules to manage cover crops on tillage farms.
26 June 2024 Viewpoints
Embrace Farm - annual memorial
It is with a special fondness we remember so many taken from us far too early doing what they love and what we all love – farming.
Counting on carbon
The baseline carbon stocks in soils is and will be harder to quantify.
26 June 2024 Viewpoints
Editorial: the voices of our farming juniors
While many small farmers are considering getting out of the industry, there are still plenty of young people enthusiastic about their future in farming, writes Ciara Leahy.
26 June 2024 Editorial
Without farmers, research gathers dust
The challenges around surplus phosphorus, ammonia and methane are particularly important in a Northern Ireland scenario.
19 June 2024 Viewpoints
Editorial: Pre-school graduation day
Rural pre-schools are struggling since the Core Funding model was introduced in 2022, writes Ciara Leahy.
19 June 2024 Editorial
ACRES dilemma exposed
Something is not adding up – the capacity was either not there from the start or something has gone wrong in the meantime.
19 June 2024 Viewpoints
Let’s have crop regulation but don’t block science
Our farmers are expected to change to using less nutrients and sprays almost overnight.
12 June 2024 Viewpoints
Butter wars on US shop shelves
It is high time for the Ornua boss to sit everyone down and bring some common sense to the table.
12 June 2024 Viewpoints
Editorial: family working together
Families working together isn't always easy and there can be difficult days. However, there are also good days when it's a privilege; it's one to remember on Father's Day, writes Ciara Leahy.
12 June 2024 Editorial
Bloom – a showcase for rural Ireland
Bloom really is a showcase of food from right around the country and a real eye-opener to many urban dwellers about what rural Ireland can do with hard work and dedication given half a chance.
5 June 2024 Viewpoints