Growing nettles and other land uses
Should landowners be entitled to use their land as they see fit?
No hiding from price collapse
Output price reductions are now affecting every mainstream farm sector.
Glyphosate reprieve
Following an assessment of the impact of glyphosate on the health of humans, animals and the environment,...
Farmers being sold short
‘Know your number’ is the new catchphrase from Teagasc, and a very important number it may well become...
Reducing gaseous emissions: What will it achieve?
Reducing the contribution of gaseous emissions to climate change is now a widely adopted 21st-century...
Worldwide vet shortage
The efforts being made to increase the educational opportunities in Ireland to study veterinary medicine...
Milk and grain prices out of kilter with production costs
Across all sectors, farmers are facing disruption to a greater or lesser degree in the coming years.
Buffalo, blueberries and other strange bedfellows
Across all sectors, farmers are facing disruption to a greater or lesser degree in the coming years.
From generation to generation
The Irish Farmers’ Association’s succession seminars last month confirmed the very real challenges...
Choices widen for farmers Playing the political game
Despite much recent speculation, the creation of a dedicated Irish farmers’ party is less than likely...
Choices widen for farmers
While most Irish farmers are, traditionally, food producers, there have always been individuals and...
Less may be more
Our attitude to change is contradictory, at best. Take the response from our farmer representative...
Developing calf-rearing alternatives
In an era of high animal-welfare regulation, especially in relation to calves, we must assume, in...
Farmers carry the cost of tractor regulation
As it does every January, this edition of Irish Farmers Monthly contains a comprehensive tractor guide...