Irish Farmers Journal

The Irish Farmers Journal stands out as the sole agricultural publication functioning as a legal trust. Its mission is to deliver top-notch technical assistance, market insights, and news to the agricultural community. Unlike typical businesses, it does not distribute dividends, and its directors do not earn any fees. Instead, all profits are reinvested to fulfill the trust's goals, which are to boost the competitiveness of Irish farming and support the welfare of individuals involved in the industry.

National, Trade/B2B

English

Newspaper

Outlet metrics

Domain Authority

Ranking

Global

#145797

Ireland

#771

News and Media

#102

Traffic sources

Monthly visitors

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.
TAMS III: avoiding the pitfalls when applying

2 weeks ago | farmersjournal.ie | Martin Merrick

TAMS III has been a hugely popular scheme, with over 30,000 applications made in the first two years. While IT issues and an influx of applications slowed down the approval process for the first year or more, the Department has picked up the pace with approvals, with the aim being to reel the approvals process back to a three-month window, as was common in previous TAMS schemes.
Farm Tech Talk: €3,000 export weanlings and safeguarding scheme payments

2 weeks ago | farmersjournal.ie | Jack Kennedy

LOYALTY CODE: The paper code cannot be redeemed when browsing in private/incognito mode.
Record highs for Australian lamb prices

2 weeks ago | farmersjournal.ie | Darren Carty

The Australian industry body Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) are reporting record high lamb prices for the time of year. Their national ‘trade lamb indicator, which is a price guide for lighter carcase weight lambs is recording an average price of $10.41/kg which is the equivalent of €5.86/kg at current exchange rate. Their national ‘heavy lamb indicator’ which is a price guide for heavy carcases weighing upwards of 30kg is recording a slightly higher price of $10.49/kg or €5.90/kg.
More lambs weighed and breeding winding down on Tullamore Farm

2 weeks ago | farmersjournal.ie | Rachel Maya Gallagher

On Tuesday, the yearling hogget ewes with lambs at foot were taken in from the field to weigh the lambs to get an idea of how well the group is performing. This batch consists of a mixture of Texel and Suffolk/Mule homebred hoggets and purebred Easycare hoggets bought in last August. Texel and Suffolk hoggets where joined with a Charolais sire, while Easycare hoggets where bred pure. There were a total of 59 lambs in the group, made up of 26 ram lambs and 33 ewe lambs.
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.
Important regulations for farm roadways

2 weeks ago | farmersjournal.ie | Darren Carty

Preventing runoff of soiled water from farm roadways to waters is a statutory requirement governed by the Good Agricultural Practice for the Protection of Watercourses. It states that from 1 January 2021, there will be no direct runoff of soiled water from farm roadways to waters. The Department of Agriculture and Food minimum specifications for farm roadways and underpasses(S.199) outline advice on constructing and maintaining roadways.
Important year for genotyped ram action

2 weeks ago | farmersjournal.ie | Darren Carty

What penalties will I be subject to if I do not purchase a ram as planned in 2025? There terms and conditions state that where an applicant fails to complete the genotyped ram action in the year selected applicants will not receive payment for the genotyped ram action for the year in question and will receive a 50% penalty on their Action A payment.
Agri jobs: dairy work in Kilkenny and NZ

2 weeks ago | farmersjournal.ie | Rachel Donovan

Two dairy jobs in NZTwo young dairy farmers are sought for work on a 1,130-cow dairy farm in Canterbury, New Zealand, between 20 July and 20 November. The farm covers 353ha and cows are milked in a 64-unit rotary parlour with automatic cluster removers. Accommodation can be provided on farm and competitive rates of pay are promised by the employer. Duties of the roles include milking, transporting calves, tractor driving and general farm work. To find out more, click here.