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Twenty ways to spend €20,000: the benefits of a telehandler

In a new series aiming to evaluate different options for investment on dairy farms, Daire Cregg looks at the potential of a telehandler for reducing labour on farm.

NEWS 21 August 2025

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Dairy Management: grass budgets and buying silage

Dairy Management: grass budgets and buying silage

MANAGEMENT 20 August 2025

A tale of deficits and surpluses across the country

A tale of deficits and surpluses across the country

GRASS & FEEDING 20 August 2025

Home Farm: Wheat harvest complete

Home Farm: Wheat harvest complete

Home Farm: Wheat harvest complete

VIEWPOINTS 13 August 2025

40,000t of farm plastic recycled

40,000t of farm plastic recycled

40,000t of farm plastic recycled

NEWS 13 August 2025

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Grass+ Beef: growth high but for how long more

Grass+ Beef: growth high but for how long more

While growth is excellent at the minute, many farmers are cautious as to how long this is going to continue for.

GRASS & FEEDING 30 July 2025

2025 will live long in the memory

2025 will live long in the memory

Other than a couple of storms, the last 12 months of weather has been exceptional for farming in NI

NORTHERN IRELAND 30 July 2025

Watch: short-chop Krone RX ticks all the boxes

Watch: short-chop Krone RX ticks all the boxes

Gary Abbott recently spent some time with Krone’s RX 370 GL forage wagon, the manufacturer's top offering in the mid-sized category and equipped with the new 54-knife pickup.

FARM MACHINERY 30 July 2025

90% of farms have enough fodder for coming winter – Teagasc

90% of farms have enough fodder for coming winter – Teagasc

This view from Teagasc is based on its recently updated national fodder survey, which shows that 90% of farms expect to have sufficient feed in place for the winter ahead.

NEWS 30 July 2025

Farmer Writes: Royal Welsh Show and fodder frustrations

Farmer Writes: Royal Welsh Show and fodder frustrations

On the feed situation, I find it very frustrating watching loads of straw leaving Wiltshire down the M4 for south Wales where there is a surfeit of fodder.

FARMER WRITES 30 July 2025

Farmer drives tractor length of the country for charity

Farmer drives tractor length of the country for charity

Malin to Mizen in an MB Trac – that's what Doreann O'Connor and her father Charley are getting up to this bank holiday weekend.

NEWS 30 July 2025

Farmers penalised for breaking new bale stacking rules

Farmers penalised for breaking new bale stacking rules

Silage bales cannot be stacked more than two high or stored within 20m of a surface water or water abstraction point, unless there are storage facilities in place to collect any potential effluent.

NEWS 30 July 2025

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