BBC to drop Farm Gate from Radio Ulster
Over 30 years ago, Farm Gate started as a standalone radio programme serving rural communities in...
Tractor of the Year 2024
The Tractor of the Year (TOTY) Awards will be announced this month at Agritechnica, in Germany.
O’Reilly’s first year with ICOS
It’s hard to believe it’s 12 months since Damien O’Reilly joined ICOS in Brussels.
No comfort zone for farmers
Some years ago, Trinity College Historical Society disinvited Richard Dawkins from a speaking...
Wyeth woes
The planned closure of Wyeth Nutrition, the Nestlé-owned infant-formula manufacturing plant in...
Big birthday for Irish Farmers Journal
The Agricultural Trust is running an event in the RDS this month to celebrate the Irish Farmers...
Congratulations to McHugh Components
Congratulations to our friends in McHugh Components who will celebrate 50 years in business this...
Suckler farmers reticent over IBR testing
Suckler farmers have been slow to enlist for the latest support scheme, the National Beef Welfare...
ASA Conference
As we were putting this issue of Irish Farmers Monthly to bed, the countdown was well and truly...
Teagasc students represent Ireland well
A four-strong team of Teagasc students represented Ireland for the first time at the European...
Bank bungling and bonuses
Most of us assume that a maintenance fee for a service means that the service in question will...
Dillon lecture to be delivered by Commissioner Mairead McGuinness
The Michael Dillon Memorial Lecture, organised by the Guild of Agricultural Journalists of...
Bird food for the soil
Bird manure as a fertiliser option is far from being a new concept.
Ash to ashes
The safety risks around Ash trees afflicted by disease are finally being highlighted.
John Caffrey RIP
Last month, Irish agriculture lost a real gentleman with the news that John Caffrey had passed...
We can’t see the wood, or the trees
And still, we wait, and our wonder grows about how zealous proponents of afforestation are so...
Ploughing Championships sold out
Following on from the Farm Tractor and Machinery Trade Association (FTMTA) machinery show, next...
What secret?
There was some bewilderment in farming circles as to what exactly ‘Dairy’s Dirty Secret’ title...
A hatful of rabbits
Can we expect some rabbits to be pulled out of Paschal and Michael’s budget hat next October to...
Cow cull contagion
The demand for reductions in livestock numbers is now getting traction on the other side of the...