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Calving Season 2024: Let's Not Take Unnecessary Risks
Calving Season 2024: Let's Not Take Unnecessary Risks

Calving Season: Be Aware of Risks As the 2024 spring calving season gets underway, farmers are being urged to take all necessary precautions when dea...

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Dairy Beef Welfare Scheme 2024 to Open in March
Dairy Beef Welfare Scheme 2024 to Open in March

Dairy Beef Welfare Scheme 2024 Minister for Agriculture, Charlie McConalogue, has announced that the 2024 Dairy Beef Welfare Scheme will open in Marc...

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Teagasc's Signpost Advisory Programme: Will You Be Signing Up?
Teagasc's Signpost Advisory Programme: Will You Be Signing Up?

As part of the drive for the Irish agriculture sector to achieve a 25% emissions reduction by 2030, Teagasc has established a new advisory programme f...

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DAFM To Backdate TB Compensation Payments
DAFM To Backdate TB Compensation Payments

Backdating of Compensation Rates The recent confirmation from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) concerning TB compensation pa...

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Bluetongue Virus: should we be worried?
Bluetongue Virus: should we be worried?

  There has been a lot of talk in recent weeks about the risk of the Bluetongue Virus arriving in Ireland. And while I don't think farmers s...

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The Sheep Welfare Scheme: Minister Announces Commencement of 2022 Balancing Payments
The Sheep Welfare Scheme: Minister Announces Commencement of 2022 Balancing Payments

    There was good news on the sheep front today, as the Minister for Agriculture Food and the Marine announced the start of balancing pay...

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A Sheep Shearer’s Guide to Managing Back Pain
A Sheep Shearer’s Guide to Managing Back Pain

Agridirect.ie looks to the upcoming shearing season, and discusses some simple steps for managing shearer’s back pain. That time of year again ...

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Are fertiliser prices making the Organic option more appealing?
Are fertiliser prices making the Organic option more appealing?

Agridirect.ie discusses the soaring price of artificial fertiliser, and asks if organics is the solution for many?   No chance for peace? As th...

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From dogs to pine martens: farmland predators and how they kill
From dogs to pine martens: farmland predators and how they kill

Agridirect.ie discusses the predators most likely to attack your flock, and asks: how can we read the signs to identify the predator? The mystery o...

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3 Good Reasons to Keep Goats; and 1 Great Reason Not To
3 Good Reasons to Keep Goats; and 1 Great Reason Not To

Agridirect.ie discusses the pros and cons of keeping goats on your farm as a compliment to other ruminants. There is a longstanding belief that goa...

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The 7 Types of Irish Farmer
The 7 Types of Irish Farmer

Agridirect.ie discusses the 7 types of Irish Farmer and asks: which one are you? The Big Farmer. There aren’t too many of these in the west...

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Lead poisoning: prevention is key
Lead poisoning: prevention is key

Agridirect.ie discusses the dangers of lead poisoning on the farm, and outlines some measures you can take to prevent your animals from ingesting thi...

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