Kieran Mailey is Northern deputy editor with the Irish Farmers Journal. Prior to joining the Irish Farmers Journal, Kieran worked as a Beef and Sheep adviser in Co Down with the Department of ...

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As minimum tillage reseeding methods continue to gain popularity on livestock farms around the country, Murphy Machinery offered us a demonstration of Alpego’s latest IZ Inversa stone burier to ...

The IFJ junior Rising Rural Stars are heading to the Ploughing, come and join them on the day as we celebrate the best of young people living in rural Ireland, writes Sarah McIntosh.

Mastek will be presenting its ‘Twin Head’ mobile slurry separator mounted on a skid unit at the Ploughing. The Cavan-based firm will also be entering it into the Enterprise Ireland Innovation Arena, ...

The HSE incurs more costs by not intervening early in eating disorder treatment. But the true cost is borne by the families affected.

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Is the van choice worth the buzz from Volkswagen? There are now more ways to get a buzz from van driving with a range of power and new style options as I found when taking two Volkswagen contrasting ...

As wild as the Irish calf trade has been, day-old dairy-beef calves are making $1,500 in the US as the American beef herd remains at a 70-year low. This has led to a suggestion carried in a recent ...

You can rent them out as long as you like, but bear in mind we don’t know what is there [in the next CAP reform] from 2028 onward. For longer-term leases over five years, you need to make sure that ...

The USDA is forecasting a 13% increase in corn (maize) exports to 1.7m tonnes for marketing year 2025/26 from an expected commercial crop in excess of 15m tonnes. China’s dairy imports in June fell by ...

With that said, Robert pointed out that the delayed planting of early crops has now had knock-on effect with the main crops. To further improve capacity and throughput when the weather windows do ...