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Sheep farmers hoping bumper prices will continue in 2025
1 day ago · “[The Sheep Improvement Scheme and the Sheep Welfare Scheme] are good, especially for young people. “It might help them to stick with [sheep farming] if they have a few pound coming in, because there’s wicked work in sheep.
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Top 10 Irish Farmers Journal stories that got people talking in 2024
1 day ago · 9. Cycling 23,000km: Fergal Guihen’s journey from Roscommon to Australia. The 25-year-old part-time farmer and nurse set out to cycle 23,000km from Roscommon to Australia, taking a total of 11 months to complete the challenge, in aid of …
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Five things to be positive about beef farming in 2025
4 days ago · 1Beef price: they say a rising tide lifts all boats, and that’s certainly the case for beef price and the general cattle trade in marts. According to Bord Bia, the average beef price for an R3 bullock for 2024 up until 7 December comes in at €5.43/kg, up 20c/kg on the previous year’s price of €5.23/kg.
Delay farm transfer relief changes welcomed by IFA and ICMSA
Nov 1, 2024 · The delay to the implementation of changes to key farm transfer reliefs has been broadly welcomed by farm organisations. An Taoiseach Simon Harris announced that the finance bill has been amended to delay the implementation of the eligibility rules for these reliefs at the Irish Farmers' Association (IFA) Farming and Food Conference in Kildare on Thursday.
Climate-and-environment : Farmers Journal, Irish Farmers Journal ...
Dec 18, 2024 · The project which is also led by the Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority, is funded by the European Union under the €93.5 billion Horizon Europe programme for research and innovation. 18 December 2024 Climate and environment ‘No single silver bullet’ to drive major cut in farm ...
Sustainability in Irish agriculture: rising to the challenge
Agri-environmental schemes are the cornerstone in driving farmers to implement sustainability actions on the ground. The BETTER Farming for Water initiative and the Agricultural Sustainability Support and Advisory Programme (ASSAP) focus on improving water quality through targeted advice and support for farmers.
Eight decades of farming through the pages of the Irish Farmers …
Dec 27, 2023 · 1960s. In the early 1960s, foreign cattle breeds – Charolais and Herefords – were imported for trials to improve Irish beef. They were followed 10 years later by the first Holsteins from Canada.