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Early nitrogen essential this season
Siobhán Walsh
Crops are going in late this season, so it is important to get nitrogen on early to get crops off to a good start and to meet protein specifications.
Early nitrogen essential this season
63% of unfair practices in EU food supply chain for agri food late payment
30 April 2024 News
63% of unfair practices in EU food supply chain for agri food late payment
Approximately 41% of the unfair trading practices detected in the food supply chain last year were identified at retail level.
Beef quotes remain steady ahead of holiday weekend
29 April 2024 Markets
Beef quotes remain steady ahead of holiday weekend
Adam Woods has the latest on this week’s beef quotes, including the latest quotes available for finished cattle.
More can be done to streamline CAP for farmers - McConalogue
At a meeting of agriculture ministers from EU member states, European Commissioner for Agriculture Janusz Wojciechowski updated the council on the measures to simplify CAP for farmers.
29 April 2024 News
Mandatory online training for SCEP participants
The online training, which will take approximately three and a half hours, must be completed by 15 November 2024.
29 April 2024 News
Young Stock Podcast: swapping dairy cows for Cheltenham crowds
24-year-old jockey Michael O'Sullivan has ridden two Cheltenham Festival winners and has contested the Grand National twice since becoming a professional jockey in 2022.
29 April 2024 News
Maps: BVD hotspots a decade on - 2013 v 2023
Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue said Irish farmers have made “tremendous progress” towards eliminating BVD and that the disease’s eradication programme “is now at a critical point”.
29 April 2024 News
Farmer Writes: new challenges keep things fresh
James Strain takes on a new challenge of contract-rearing heifers for a local dairy farmer.
29 April 2024 Farmer Writes
UCD Ag Society to raffle fertiliser for charity
The charities that AgSoc are raising funds for this year include Embrace FARM and the Kevin Bell Repatriation Trust.
29 April 2024 News
‘Line of enquiry’ opened into Carlow hill fires
The NPWS has reiterated that deliberately starting hill fires between March and August constitutes an offence under the Wildlife Act.
29 April 2024 News
Traces of bird flu found in one in five US retail milk samples
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said there is no evidence at present the disease poses a risk to human health.
29 April 2024 News
Fewer unknown sires under genotyping programme
The launch of the national genotyping programme has resulted in a 75% reduction in the number of unknown sires in comparison with 2023.
29 April 2024 News