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Mixed views on ACRES at nature conference

At the annual Farming for Nature event, farmers expressed differing views on ACRES.

30 October 2024 NEWS

Growing crops with more technology in north of England

Farm manager with McGregor Farms David Fuller will make a presentation on farm management and precision technology at Tillage Day.

23 October 2024 NEWS

Commitment to sustainability and autumn calving

The Footprint Farmers programme has given Laois farmer Andrew Mulhare the encouragement to adopt sustainable methods and invest in labour-saving technology for his suckler cows, writes Kelsey Daly.

16 October 2024
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Fresh kit to go under the hammer as Carlow tillage farmer calls it a day

A retiring Carlow tillage farmer is set to sell his entire modern fleet of farm equipment at an online auction on 30 October 2024, at 7pm.

16 October 2024 NEWS

Young Stock Podcast: agronomy, farming with family and the future of tillage

On this week’s Young Stock Podcast, we chat to Max Potterton, tillage farmer and IFA grain policy executive, about college, working in the Irish Farm Centre, and the future of tillage.

16 September 2024 PODCAST
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Straw making between €25 and €35

"Straw is making €40/bale in some places, but I wouldn't like to do that to anybody," a tillage farmer from Co Carlow told the Irish Farmers Journal.

11 September 2024 NEWS
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Red hot market as traders battle for straw

Straw is being sold as quick as it comes out of the combine, one Wexford farmer claimed.

21 August 2024 NEWS
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Winter, spring and summer corn

The Dealer heard the following exchange between two farmers in Tullamore at the weekend.

21 August 2024 DEALER

Trialing multispecies swards in Laois

Andrew Mulhare planted a small area of multispecies sward on his farm as an experiment to 'see how it goes', reports Kelsey Daly.

21 August 2024
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