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ArticleProtest ‘may have impacted’ Bord Bia repu­ta­tion rank

● The Depart­ment of Agri­cul­ture said a high-pro­file IFA protest out­side Bord Bia earlier this year “may have impacted” the State agency’s per­form­ance in the latest Ire­land Repu­ta­tion Index, where its rank­ing fell from sixth place to...

ArticleWhy farm­ers should test sil­age before winter feed­ing

The first step in pre­par­ing for winter feed­ing is to test sil­age qual­ity and assess fod­der sup­plies as early as pos­sible, a Teagasc nutri­tion­ist has said. Ais­ling Claf­fey said sil­age ana­lysis is “the only timely way” to determ­ine...

ArticleBayer bets on edit­ing grains’ DNA to curb fer­til­iser use

Bayer AG is look­ing to develop gene-edited grains cap­able of tap­ping nitro­gen from the air, poten­tially redu­cing the need for costly fer­til­isers after the war in the Middle East exposed the vul­ner­ab­il­ity of sup­plies. The Ger­man...

ArticleLidl’s big deal

Lidl Ire­land and North­ern Ire­land chief com­mer­cial officer Kevin Duffy, Meade Farm’s busi­ness oper­a­tions man­ager Eleanor Meade and Meade Farm’s com­mer­cial dir­ector (Fruit & Veget­ables) Patrick Meade at the announce­ment of Lidl Ire­land’s...

ArticleOver 8,400 TAMS pay­ments made in 2026 as scheme spend­ing doubles

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Dan Joe O’driscoll watches Michael Coomey from Timo­league plough with his vin­tage 1960 David Browne 960 dur­ing the Cork East Plough­ing Asso­ci­ation annual match, which was held on the lands of Donal Fitzger­ald in Meen­ane, Water­grasshill, Co Cork.