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Forestry
Missed opportunities for homegrown timber
Donal Magner
Timber processors continue to export most of their products but not maximising opportunities in timber-frame and mass timber construction, writes Donal Magner.
24 May 2023 News
Brexit competition arrives for Irish exports
As Ireland looks to grow beef and ultimately sheep meat exports to China, competition is on its way for the UK market.
24 May 2023 Grass & feeding
Clover wins Grassland Farmer of the Year title for Clare farmer
Earlier this week Aidan Brennan visited the farm of Diarmaid Fitzgerald, the winner of the Grassland Farmer of the Year for 2022.
Clare farmer wins Grassland Farmer of the Year
The winners of the 2022 Grassland Farmer of the Year were announced by the Minister for Agriculture at an awards ceremony in Cork.
24 May 2023 News
Silage 2023: reader photo competition under way
The Irish Farmers Journal has teamed up with Gouldings in the hunt for the best photograph of silage 2023. The winner will receive 2t of Gouldings Sweetgrass fertiliser.
22 May 2023 News
Meath school chosen as Ireland's fittest
Gilson National School has been chosen as Ireland’s fittest school as part of the Fyffes primary school competition, writes Sarah McIntosh.
20 May 2023 Education
Young innovators impress at Student Enterprise Final
Secondary school students led the way with their agriculture entrepreneurship ideas at the student enterprise final in Croke Park.
17 May 2023 News
Young Economist of The Year finals take place
Sarah McIntosh caught up with some of the Young Economist of the Year (YEOTY) finalists at the national awards held in UCD as they celebrated ten years of the programme.
10 May 2023 Education
Teacher and dairy farmer Ellen Vaughan is the Teagasc/FBD Student of the Year
In a first for the competition, which took place in the Castleknock Hotel on 9 May, all three category winners were female.
9 May 2023 News
Safety tool for slurry tanks wins at Student Enterprise Programme awards
Sarah O’Sullivan speaks to students from three schools who are at this week’s Student Enterprise Programme with their projects Grasper, LambFeeder and BudsToBloom.
5 May 2023 News
Patricia takes poll position at the IHFA Emerald Expo
Shane Dobson reports from the annual Emerald Expo in Virginia Showgrounds on Saturday.
3 May 2023 Pedigree
Farmers seek investigation into fertiliser prices
The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission has received two complaints alleging anti-competitive behaviour in the fertiliser sector.
3 May 2023 News