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My Farming Week: John Crawford, Dowra, Co Leitrim
Anne O'Donoghue
This week, we spoke to John Crawford about his own farm and his family’s in-calf heifer business, which saw triplet heifers born recently.
My Farming Week: John Crawford, Dowra, Co Leitrim
Sustainable beef production Australian style
2 April 2025 Feature
Sustainable beef production Australian style
Patrick Hutchinson tells the Irish Farmers Journal how sustainability fits in to the Australian beef production model.
Roscommon contractor celebrates 50 years of lime spreading
19 March 2025 Farm machinery
Roscommon contractor celebrates 50 years of lime spreading
Peter Thomas Keaveney travelled to Elphin in Co Roscommon to catch up with Padraig Berine who was busy spreading lime, now his 50th year at the job.
Better to farm under the devilish EU subsidies we know than the devil we don’t
Nuffield Scholar Niall Hurson's travels have taken him around the world, including to Australia, which has led him to take an alternative view of our agricultural regulations and subsidy systems.
19 March 2025 Feature
From leafy suburbs to farm ownership in Australia
Nuffield scholar John Keane reports on two first-generation farmers who got their foot on the land ladder in South Australia.
15 March 2025 Feature
Getting an extra €975/ha to graze between the trees
A farmer in Donegal is pairing up Organic Farming Scheme payments with agro-forestry premia, writes Noel Bardon.
26 February 2025 Climate and environment
What can producer organisations do for Irish farmers in the future?
Given the official recognition of a number of producer organisations (POs) in Ireland of late, how did these groups come about and what they can provide to farmers.
12 February 2025 Feature
Black cattle on green grass: why roan mania hasn’t hit Australia
Angus cattle are king across much of Australia and the trend is not set to change any time soon, writes Barry Murphy.
5 February 2025 Feature
Is Céide wheat making a Mayo comeback?
Plans are afoot to get farmers in the northwest to grow the Stone Age and Bronze Age wheat for specialised high-end bakers in the region.
5 February 2025 Feature
Shed roof blown away and no power as calving kicks off on Clare dairy farm
West Clare dairy farmer Niall Reidy speaks to Anne O’Donoghue about damage to his farm from storm Éowyn and how he is coping coming into the busiest time of the year with no power.
28 January 2025 Feature
Alternative grassland management to address the nitrates challenge
For his Nuffield scholarship, David Fennelly examined the root causes of high nitrogen levels in water bodies and what can be done to improve water quality in this regard.
22 January 2025 Feature
Lessons in sustainable horticulture
With a background in the horticulture, Liagh Whelehan examined the commercial viability of new sustainable horticultural practices in the industry.
15 January 2025 Feature