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Share your views: what are hay and straw costing in your area?

We want to hear what farmers are paying and receiving for hay and straw across the country.

NEWS 10 August 2026

Share your views: what are hay and straw costing in your area?

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Home Farm: Waiting for wheat

Home Farm: Waiting for wheat

VIEWPOINTS 29 July 2026

Making hay while the sun shines

Making hay while the sun shines

FARMER WRITES 29 July 2026

Farmer Writes: sun and sand, but not at the beach

Farmer Writes: sun and sand, but not at the beach

Farmer Writes: sun and sand, but not at the beach

FARMER WRITES 26 July 2026

Peter 'Chap' Cleere: 'I'll only be a minute' is a phrase every farmer knows

Peter 'Chap' Cleere: 'I'll only be a minute' is a phrase every farmer knows

Peter 'Chap' Cleere: 'I'll only be a minute' is a phrase every farmer knows

OPINION 22 July 2026

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Share your views: what are hay and straw costing in your area

Share your views: what are hay and straw costing in your area

We want to hear what farmers are paying and receiving for hay and straw across the country.

NEWS 8 July 2026

Watch: fire services respond to straw bales on fire in Dublin

Watch: fire services respond to straw bales on fire in Dublin

The fire took place in a field near the Hermitage golf course on Sunday.

NEWS 8 July 2026

Farmer Writes: a brush with danger

Farmer Writes: a brush with danger

He was uninjured other than a few bruises, but understandably received quite a fright along with giving me a rather thorough cardiac check up.

FARMER WRITES 8 July 2026

Dream harvest for winter barley in NI

Dream harvest for winter barley in NI

Growers in Co Down suggest there is a ready market for good quality straw, with prices generally picking up at last year’s levels.

NORTHERN IRELAND 8 July 2026

Tractors and bales form giant Tour de France bicycle

Tractors and bales form giant Tour de France bicycle

Farmers and vintage machinery enthusiasts used tractors and round bales to create a giant bicycle for Tour de France.

NEWS 8 July 2026

Farmer Writes: festival of farming and facing into another heatwave

Farmer Writes: festival of farming and facing into another heatwave

A visit to the Glastonbury of farming and – facing into another drought – despite brief respite from the last blast of hot weather where we lost 4l a cow a day.

FARMER WRITES 8 July 2026

Farmer Writes: a shower of rain is needed

Farmer Writes: a shower of rain is needed

'I was surprised to see growth still running at 82kg of DM/ha. I thought it would have slowed more by now, especially with nearly three weeks gone without any worthwhile rain.'

FARMER WRITES 8 July 2026

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