2+ hour, 36+ min ago  (268+ words) Some 25, 000 farmers were expected to descend on Jeremy Clarkson's Diddly Squat Farm this week for the Cereals event. The annual show focuses on crop production and tillage and many Irish farmers and agronomists made the trip over. One of the…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (404+ words) At this stage, all of the replacement heifer calves on farms should be out to grass. Calves born in early February are now 18 weeks old and should be somewhere around 25% of mature weight. They will have a good rumen developed…...

14+ hour, 50+ min ago  (408+ words) Ireland can meet the annual protein requirements of 20m people with current land-based systems of production, according to new research from Teagasc. This figure increases to 35m people when protein digestibility is accounted for. The research was carried out by Marie Merlo…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (354+ words) The former chief executive of the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) and former chair of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) Dr Patrick Wall has said that Brazilian authorities will not be able to meet the deadline set out…...

2+ day, 7+ hour ago  (500+ words) Malting barley growers and whiskey markets have another tough year ahead, but there is light at the end of the tunnel, according to Malting Company of Ireland (MCI) CEO, Paul Mc Gillicuddy. Speaking at the Irish Tillage and Land Use Society's…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago  (263+ words) Enviroflex sustainability-linked loans for beef farmers have been announced in a partnership between Bank of Ireland and Certified Irish Angus Producer Group. Enviroflex loans are already available to all dairy farms through 16 established co-op partnerships and to tillage farmers who…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago  (407+ words) The sheep trade has started the week in a frantic manner. Factory agents were quoting a base price of "9. 50/kg plus their 20c/kg quality assurance (QA) payment over the weekend but this failed to attract their required numbers on to…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago  (599+ words) After a long run of weekly price drops, the beef trade has finally showed some signs of steadying up this week. Most processors have held on at last week's quotes, with agents a little more anxious for stock in some…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago  (140+ words) Irish Farmers Journal Lisa O'Rourke's journey to the top of boxing is an interesting one and far from straightforward. Growing up on a farm in Roscommon, Lisa only started boxing at the age of 15. Since then, it's been a roller-coaster…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago  (307+ words) Enviroflex sustainability-linked loans for beef farmers have been announced in a partnership between Bank of Ireland and Certified Irish Angus Producer Group. Enviroflex loans are already available to all dairy farms through 16 established co-op partnerships and to tillage farmers who…...