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121 articles across four categories. Every one is free, cites Irish sources, and answers one question: does this save you time, money, or headache?
Independent reviews of farming tools and technology. Honest verdicts — good and bad.
Met Éireann publishes free hourly readings for your area. We checked 27 stations and found one co…
The CSO and Bord Bia both publish an official Irish cattle price. They are two months apart and m…
The main free calving record apps used on Irish farms compared — ICBF HerdPlus, CattleWatch, Herd…
ICBF's Sire Advice launched on HerdPlus in March 2026. It's free and uses EBI rankings — but does…
SenseHub works — on the right Irish farm. Here's what it actually costs, who it suits, and the ga…
We reviewed SenseHub's full monitoring platform — collars, milk sensors, and youngstock tags — fo…
Cut the paperwork, speed up the admin. These articles show you where AI saves real time on your farm.
The 2026 rate for every main DAFM scheme, which figures are confirmed, and which ones nobody can …
Five questions that separate a working product from a good demo, and where to walk to get an inde…
TAMS 3 pays 40% or 60% up to €90,000 — but selection is no longer automatic. Rates, real odds, an…
Count the stock, measure the pit, subtract. Your winter fodder shortfall in tonnes, in about ten …
Put the 2026 spreading deadlines, wider autumn buffers and weather checks in one place before the…
Check the right ACRES cutting date, protect your payment, and avoid losing the late meadow bonus.
How AI tools work, what they cost, and how to get started. No jargon.
Camera systems score every cow's walk at the parlour exit. Here is what the independent trial act…
A Monaghan farmer built an AI tool on WhatsApp to hold a farm's history for the next generation.
Seven numbers come back from the lab. One of them decides how much meal you buy this winter. Here…
Two of the four Innovation Arena awards went to AI for the vet, not the field. What each winner d…
ICBF's C.O.W. profile ranks every cow by expected future profit. It is free with HerdPlus and mos…
A free sustainability platform now sits between your cattle and 5c/kg of the breed bonus. Here is…
Policy changes, new regulations, and shifts in the farming landscape explained in plain English.
BISS depends on passing DAFM's active farmer check. The IFA wants the bar raised — here's your nu…
Farming a field does not take it out of the zoned land tax. Here are the dates that matter.
The 2026 NPI window shuts on 14 October. For Tranche 1 Co-operation farmers, it does not reopen.
The shed count happens at 23.59 on 14 September. The declaration closes on 15 October, nil return…
Hedge cutting reopened on 1 September. Removal did not — and the two rules that catch farmers out…
Groundwater fell at every EPA monitored site in July. Your well feels that in September, not in A…
