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Strategic thinking with current weather very important
Jack Kennedy
This wet weather reinforces the insurance option – an extra pit of silage is almost an absolute necessity more so than a cost to the farm.
27 March 2024 Viewpoints
Tillage support a necessity
Estimates suggest that less than 5% of the spring crops are in the ground.
27 March 2024 Viewpoints
Transparency in farmers margin
If the ambition and willingness on both sides (the regulator and the industry) is present, we could see more transparency for farmers.
Farm Tech Talk: cattle trade, entitlements and grazing challenges
The latest episode of Farm Tech Talk is now live and this week we look at the cattle trade, entitlements and grazing.
22 March 2024 News
How to make €450 more margin per hectare buying calves
Changes this year could mean an additional 100,000 beef cross calves in marts this spring compared to last year.
20 March 2024 Viewpoints
Weather woes - watch out for your neighbours
It’s the small things that can get farmers down at this time of the year so what might seem like an inconsequential happening could be the tin hat on many other problems.
20 March 2024 Viewpoints
Putting a sustainable tillage production system in place
The increasing risk of disruptive climatic conditions and price volatility has highlighted the need for some kind of income stabilisation scheme.
20 March 2024 Viewpoints
Farm Tech Talk: SCEP, entitlements and New Zealand
On this week’s show, we talk SCEP, trade for entitlements ahead of BISS deadline and we catch up with New Zealand dairy farmer Olin Greenan for an update on what’s happening there.
15 March 2024 News
Land – a dwindling, finite resource
Farmers badly need some certainty in terms of policy and allowed stocking rates.
13 March 2024 Viewpoints
Chink of light in cattle trade
A lower kill, coupled with increased retail demand has seen quotes increase which will be welcome news to winter finishers.
13 March 2024 Viewpoints
Weather woes strike again
Farmers are used to a certain amount of hardship – it’s almost part of the business.
13 March 2024 Viewpoints
Leasing or selling entitlements
Farmers don’t require entitlements to draw down the ‘eco scheme’ payment.
13 March 2024 Viewpoints