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Lessons from Newford farm open day
Jack Kennedy
The challenge for Newford is that in 2022 costs went in the wrong direction. This happened on all farms.
10 May 2023 Breeding & health
SCEP targets – how hard will it be?
Paschal Coughlan of the ICBF takes a look at the new SCEP requirements and how hard they will be to meet.
10 May 2023 Breeding & health
Farmer views on SCEP
Adam Woods talks to some suckler farmers about their views on SCEP and whether they will be joining the scheme.
Question time dominates Ennis suckler meeting
The Deparment of Agriculture held a SCEP information meeting in Ennis on Tuesday night where over 300 farmers were in attendence. Adam Woods reports
29 March 2023 Breeding & health
20,000 herds targeted in new suckler scheme
Payment in the scheme is frontloaded at a rate of €150 on the first 10 cows in the herd and €120 thereafter.
15 February 2023 Schemes
Roundup of Exchequer-funded schemes
The main schemes of interest are the replacement to the BEEP-S scheme, the fodder scheme and tillage incentive scheme.
15 February 2023 Schemes
Survey results: 75% of suckler farmers will join new suckler schemes
Adam Woods has the results of a recent Irish Farmers Journal suckler farmer reader survey.
12 January 2023 Management
Beef Management: slurry season, lice treatments and weight targets
This week's Beef Management takes a look at slurry spreading opening dates, lice treatments and weanling performance on beef farms.
4 January 2023 Management
The beef farmer's ultimate Christmas to do list
Adam Woods takes a look at some jobs that could be completed on drystock farms over the festive period.
24 December 2022 Management
€42m issued to 30,000 farmers under beef schemes
Farmers who participated in the BEEP-S and dairy-beef schemes will receive the payments over the coming days.
2 December 2022 News