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Can a camera cut the €8,570 lameness bill on Irish farms?

Camera systems score every cow's walk at the parlour exit. Here is what the independent trial act…

The farm's memory in a WhatsApp thread: what Furrow is built to do

A Monaghan farmer built an AI tool on WhatsApp to hold a farm's history for the next generation.

Your silage test, explained: what Teagasc's DMD targets mean for your meal bill

Seven numbers come back from the lab. One of them decides how much meal you buy this winter. Here…

Ploughing 2026: the AI that won, and the questions it still has to answer

Two of the four Innovation Arena awards went to AI for the vet, not the field. What each winner d…

Culling this autumn? ICBF already ranks your cows by future profit

ICBF's C.O.W. profile ranks every cow by expected future profit. It is free with HerdPlus and mos…

AgNav now decides 5c/kg of your Angus and Hereford bonus

A free sustainability platform now sits between your cattle and 5c/kg of the breed bonus. Here is…

5 free CSO datasets every Irish farmer should know — and how AI reads them for you

The State measures milk, cattle, land and input prices every month. Five free datasets, and the t…

Ploughing 2026: the AI and agri-tech worth your time at Screggan

Three days, 250,000 people, and one marquee where the AI actually is. Your Ploughing 2026 tech pl…

Farm machinery AI in Ireland: what you can actually use today

What AI in farm machinery actually does, what it costs in Ireland, and which layer pays its way o…

Base quote, R3, deadweight: what the cattle price numbers actually mean

A base quote is not what you get paid. Here is what each cattle price number means and which one …

Clarkson's Farm robots: what works for Irish farms

Which Clarkson's Farm robots are sold in Ireland, what is really AI, and which farms could justif…

GPS Guidance for a Second-Hand Tractor: Under €2,000 and Worth It for an Irish Farm?

Aftermarket GPS guidance for older tractors starts under €2,000. Here's what it actually does on …

Build an early disease warning system for your herd using AHI alerts and AI

Animal Health Ireland publishes disease alerts most farmers never see. Here's how to turn them in…

Find out what your farm insurance actually covers — before you need to claim

What your policy actually covers — in plain English.

ChatGPT gave you nothing useful? These 5 fixes change that

It's not the tool. It's the prompt. Here's how to fix it.

Drone mapping for Irish farms: the three cheapest ways to get started

Drone mapping can show you what your eye misses — here's how to get started without spending a fo…

Free satellite data for your farm — a beginner's guide to Copernicus and EOS

The EU's Copernicus satellites photograph your land every five days — for free.

Feed your ICBF herd data into AI — what it tells you that the report doesn't

Your ICBF report tells you where you are. AI tells you why — and what to do next.

Can AI Predict Which Cows Will Get Sick? What Irish Dairy Farmers Should Know About Early Warning Systems

Learn what AI mortality prediction tools actually do, where the research stands, and whether they…

How to Read a Soil Sampling AI Report Without an Agronomy Degree

Learn what the numbers on your AI-generated soil report actually mean — and what to do with them …

What AI can and can't do for a 50-cow suckler farm

Most AI farming content assumes big dairy herds — here's what actually helps on a 50-cow suckler …

AI for Farm Succession — What the Tools Can Draft and What Only the Family Can Decide

AI tools can draft succession documents and crunch the tax numbers — but the hard conversations a…

Voice notes to farm records — save an hour a week by talking instead of typing

Dictate farm records into your phone and let AI turn them into proper entries — no typing, no los…

Your EBI is built by AI — here's what that means for your next bull purchase