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My Farming Week: John Crawford, Dowra, Co Leitrim

This week, we spoke to John Crawford about his own farm and his family’s in-calf heifer business, which saw triplet heifers born recently.

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Landowner instructed to remove river crossing by Inland Fisheries Ireland

Landowner instructed to remove river crossing by Inland Fisheries Ireland

NEWS 27 March 2025

Éowyn ravages €800,000 plantation

Éowyn ravages €800,000 plantation

NEWS 5 March 2025

Birds spotted at ACRES wader scrape within a week

Birds spotted at ACRES wader scrape within a week

Birds spotted at ACRES wader scrape within a week

CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENT 5 March 2025

Camera at the Mart: massive dry cow demand in Mohill

Camera at the Mart: massive dry cow demand in Mohill

Camera at the Mart: massive dry cow demand in Mohill

MARKETS 26 February 2025

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Birds spotted at ACRES wader scrape within a week

Birds spotted at ACRES wader scrape within a week

The ACRES Breifne CP zone was set up on Seamus Cornyn's farm in Drumshanbo with the aim of providing optimal feeding habitat for species such as snipe, lapwing, redshank, and curlew.

CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENT 6 February 2025

Camera at the Mart: massive dry cow demand in Mohill

Camera at the Mart: massive dry cow demand in Mohill

Adam Woods reports from the annual Monaghan Day dry cow sale in Mohill, Co Leitrim, last Saturday.

MARKETS 6 February 2025

My Farming Week: Seamus Cornyn, Drumshanbo, Co Leitrim

My Farming Week: Seamus Cornyn, Drumshanbo, Co Leitrim

We spoke to Leitrim suckler farmer Seamus Cornyn on this edition of My Farming Week after he offered his enterprise to be used as an ACRES demonstration farm.

NEWS 6 February 2025

Farmer Writes: soil sampling and TB tests

Farmer Writes: soil sampling and TB tests

This week Karen McCabe discusses a number of jobs that have been done on the farm of late, from hoof trimming to new farm toys.

FARMER WRITES 6 February 2025

Mohill’s Monaghan day sales moves up the dials

Mohill’s Monaghan day sales moves up the dials

Adam Woods reports from Mohill mart’s special Monaghan day sale of weanling heifers.

MARKETS 6 February 2025

Tenders sought for exploring role of women in agriculture

Tenders sought for exploring role of women in agriculture

The public contract will last for 24 months and the project is funded by the Special EU Programmes Body.

NEWS 6 February 2025

Leitrim farmer offers up farm to be used as ACRES demonstration farm

Leitrim farmer offers up farm to be used as ACRES demonstration farm

Over the weekend, Leitrim farmer Seamus Cornyn created small shallow ponds known as “wader scrapes” for biodiversity.

NEWS 6 February 2025

Land Report: Leitrim land prices stay within the zone

Land Report: Leitrim land prices stay within the zone

Decent grazing land in the county is selling in the range of €5,000/ac to €10,000/ac.

NEWS 6 February 2025

Man dies in Leitrim farm incident

Man dies in Leitrim farm incident

HSA and Garda investigations are under way into a suspected farm fatality in Co Leitrim.

NEWS 6 February 2025

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New for 2025: Syngenta enters grassland market with CASPER ®

Syngenta Ireland recently launched CASPER®, a new broadleaved weed herbicide for newly sown and established grassland.

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