At Saturday’s 'Stop the Flooding' Rally in Athlone, Irish Farmers Journal reporter Aine Hennessy spoke with farmers who have been badly affected by the recent flooding of the river Shannon. There, she also met IFA flood project chair Tom Turley and the three IFA presidential candidates Henry Burns, Joe Healy and Flor McCarthy.
Markets specialist Phelim O'Neill discusses the consequences of a potential UK exit from the European Union for Irish farmers north and south of the border with digital editor Thomas Hubert.
With two days to go to the general election, Irish Farmers Journal reporter Odile Evans caught up with independent candidate and farmer Michael Fitzmaurice TD at Ballinasloe mart.
Patrick Donohoe and Pat O'Toole of the Irish Farmers Journal news desk discuss farmers' opinions on controversial levies, the IFA president's pay and the full-time farming requirement for the position, based on the findings of an exclusive RedC poll.
Kenneth O'Brien, head of the 'Forgotten Farmer' group, speaks with farm finance specialist Peter Young at a meeting called to examine the situation of young farmers who fell through the cracks of support schemes.
At the national potato conference, Amy Fitzgibbon speaks with Cliona Lynch of Kantar Worldpanel and Lorcan Bourke, potato sector manager with Bord Bia, about the state of Ireland's domestic potato market and ideas to boost consumption.
At Gulfood 2016 in Dubai, Eoin Lowry meets Ornua's marketing director for the Middle East, Kevin Friel, about the new market opportunities for Irish dairy. He also speaks with John Spicer, ingredients sales manager for the Middle East, about the type of ingredients these new markets are demanding.
Ciara Leahy talks to careers editor Mary Phelan about employment opportunities at the Irish Farmers Journal and open eir Agri Careers Fair in the RDS on 3 March.
And ahead of this weekend's 6 Nations clash, former Irish rugby international John Hayes writes about his experience of playing the English in this week's Irish Country Living. He shares his memories with Joe Lenehan.