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Dairy
Dairy management: Fodder crisis looms unless growth improves
Aidan Brennan
After another week passes without a recovery in grass growth, fears over fodder stocks mount on dairy farms writes Aidan Brennan.
4 September 2024 News
Farmers hit out at ‘impossible’ slow loan process
A main cause of concern amongst the farmers at the meeting was the long and often fruitless process of looking for a loan.
31 July 2024 Sustainability
What if Charlie McConalogue is right?
Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue’s comments about a seven-month winter being the benchmark for the future should be worrying.
Opinion: bless me fodder, for I have sinned - minister needs to reverse on SIM
The almost universal opposition to Minister McConalogue's decision to withdraw the Straw Incorporation Measure is the clearest sign he has got this one wrong.
20 July 2024 Opinion
Calls for Taoiseach to intervene on Minister McConalogue's straw plans
A joint IFA and IGGG statement has sought the intervention of Taoiseach Simon Harris in Minister McConalogue’s plans to axe the straw chopping scheme for 2024.
19 July 2024 News
Fodder fears as grass growth stalls
Key members of the national fodder committee met this week as they sought to prevent the current grass shortage problem becoming a fodder crisis.
26 June 2024 News
By degrees: how climate change is already affecting your farm
Professor Conor Murphy from Maynooth University recently spoke about the current and future impact of climate change on farming. Caitríona Morrissey reports.
1 May 2024 News