Amy Forde

Galway

News Editor at Irish Farmers Journal

News editor, Irish Farmers Journal

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Articles

Department to monitor any impact of CBAM on fertiliser prices

2 weeks ago | farmersjournal.ie | Amy Forde

The Department of Agriculture will monitor any impact the implementation the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) will have on Irish fertiliser prices, Minister for Agriculture Martin Heydon has said. “We always monitor all policies and all impacts on input costs on farmers,” he told the Irish Farmers Journal in Japan this week. “Input costs are a really key element of a farmer’s net margin and net profit in the end.
Watch: inside a farm in Japan finishing over 300 Wagyu cattle

2 weeks ago | farmersjournal.ie | Amy Forde

Over 300 head of cattle are finished per year on Mori Farm in Kyoto, Japan. All of the cattle are Japanese Black Wagyu or Wagyu-Holstein crosses. The farmer, Kazuo Mori, buys weanlings at seven or eight months of age and finishes them around 30 months. The farm finishes bullocks, with a small number of breeding stock also kept on the farm. Animals are fed a mix of different hay and grain depending on their age.
Minister Heydon concludes agri-food trade mission to Korea and Japan

2 weeks ago | farmersjournal.ie | Amy Forde

Minister for Agriculture Martin Heydon concludes the agri-food trade mission to the Republic of Korea and Japan, which he led in collaboration with Bord Bia and Enterprise Ireland. Over the course of the six-day mission, the Minister held a series of engagements with trade groups and commercial representatives, which were focused on strengthening and expanding the trading relationship Ireland has with both the Republic of Korea and Japan.
In pictures: our favourite readers' photos of the week

2 weeks ago | farmersjournal.ie | Amy Forde

Saving the hay in Glencorrib, Co Mayo. \ Adrian McWalterSunset in Co Mayo that has the shape of an eye. \ Padraig WalshSilage being picked up outside Ballinascarthy by Deane Agri Contractors. \ Alex GoodTommy Maher, aged one, taking a break from drawing bales with his uncle Cathal in Doon, Limerick. \ Cathal MaherConor Culleton watching the silage being harvested in Co Monaghan.
Forestry at tipping point of turning into a carbon source

2 weeks ago | farmersjournal.ie | Amy Forde

There potentially will be a tipping point shortly where forestry will no longer be a carbon sink but a source of emissions, director general of the Environmental Protection Agency Laura Burke has said.
Tirlán sounds alarm on future farmer numbers

2 weeks ago | farmersjournal.ie | Amy Forde

Ireland’s largest dairy processor, Tirlán, is concerned about farmer numbers in the future. “In the next number of years, our biggest concern is actually having farmers to farm,” Tirlán CEO Seán Molloy has said. “We’re going to do a lot of great work over the next number of years in terms of what we need to do on our emissions, rightly so. But we need to be very careful that we have farmers who want to actually farm the land,” he said.
Bord Bia targets growth for beef and dairy in Japan

2 weeks ago | farmersjournal.ie | Amy Forde

Minister for Agriculture Martin Heydon is leading a trade mission to Japan with Bord Bia this week, targeting an increase in exports of Irish beef, dairy and whiskey. “Japan is an important trading partner for Ireland and is the third largest destination for Irish agri-food exports outside of Europe. In recent years we have seen this relationship grow and strengthen across a broad range of products,” he said.
Adding clover into swards takes 'courage’

2 weeks ago | farmersjournal.ie | Amy Forde

Planting clover in grass swards to cut back on nitrogen use “takes nerve and courage”, Tipperary farmer John Walsh has said. He said that soil fertility needs to be right before farmers go down the road of clover. “Before you start any project on the ground, soil fertility has to be 100% – in other words index 3 or 4 just to get a positive start. Because if you start any project and your soil fertility is wrong, it’s going to come back to you,” he warned.
‘Clumps of nettles don’t bother me like they used to’

2 weeks ago | farmersjournal.ie | Amy Forde

Edwin Thompson, farmer“My father before me was a great man for topping weeds. Another part of farm sustainability is reducing your chemical sprays and allowing a bit for nature. “If there’s a clump of nettles, it doesn’t bother me any more like it used to.
Tweets ‘ignored’ so much science on Bovaer

2 weeks ago | farmersjournal.ie | Amy Forde

A senior scientist at Spain’s national research council has said it was both sad and frustrating to see how “a few tweets and social media posts could ignore and overshadow so much science” around the feed additive Bovaer. Bovaer contains the additive 3-nitrooxypropanol (3-NOP) and is scientifically proven to reduce methane emissions from cows.