Amy Forde

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Amy holds an MA in Journalism from Griffith College Dublin and prior to that attended NUIG, where she obtained an Arts degree in Geography and Irish. Amy covered the IFA pay scandal and the elections thereafter. Hailing from Co. Galway, she has a keen interest in all things sport and plays both camogie and soccer.

30% of Swedish dairy farms now milk with robots
30% of Swedish dairy farms now milk with robots

Installing two milking robots on a Swedish farm has given the owners more time with their children they say. Carina...

Meet the part-time farmer with over 700 dairy cows
Meet the part-time farmer with over 700 dairy cows

Swedish dairy farmer Lars Inge Gunnarsson has over 700 cows on his dairy farm in the Skane region of Sweden, but...

The EU is to vote on banning cloned meat this week
The EU is to vote on banning cloned meat this week

On June 17 MEPs from the Environment and Agriculture Committees will vote on draft regulations proposing to ban the cloning of...

From sales to making 4,000kg of cheese a year by hand
From sales to making 4,000kg of cheese a year by hand

One woman has gone from a regular sales job to making 4,000kg of cheese a year by hand in her...

Pics: A 1,550ha Swedish dairy farm that milks 720 cows
Pics: A 1,550ha Swedish dairy farm that milks 720 cows

Some 720 dairy cows are milked three times a day on the Skottorps Sateri dairy farm in Sweden which is...

HSA calls on schools to talk to children about farm safety
HSA calls on schools to talk to children about farm safety

The Health and Safety Authority (HSA) is calling on primary school teachers to spend 30 minutes communicating farm safety messages...

Argentinian beef exports to EU up 13%
Argentinian beef exports to EU up 13%

Argentinian beef exports to the European Union (EU) are up 13% to 8,000t from the same time last year, according...

Opposition grows towards EU plans on bans of GM feed
Opposition grows towards EU plans on bans of GM feed

Opposition is growing towards the European Commission’s plans that would allow national bans on farmers’ use of genetically modified (GM) animal...

Video: These little piggies did not go to the market – 2,200 piglets escape
Video: These little piggies did not go to the market – 2,200 piglets escape

These little piggys did not go to the market. Some 2,200 piglets escaped from the truck that was carrying them...

The Facebook page you need to see if you’re a farmer looking for love
The Facebook page you need to see if you’re a farmer looking for love

Are you a bachelor farmer with road frontage? If so, then you’ll want to take a look at the Farmers...

US exports of agricultural equipment to Europe fall by 35%
US exports of agricultural equipment to Europe fall by 35%

Exports of US-made agricultural equipment to Europe fell 34.7% in the first quarter of 2015 in comparison to 2014, the...

World’s smallest deer born in the US
World’s smallest deer born in the US

Meet the world’s smallest deer, a Pudu fawn born at the Wildlife Conservation Society’s (WCS) Queens Zoo recently in New York....

Syngenta rejects Monsanto’s second takeover offer
Syngenta rejects Monsanto’s second takeover offer

Syngenta has rejected a second offer from Monsanto to acquire the company, the company says. The only change to Monsanto’s...

‘China impressed with the North’s standard of pork’
‘China impressed with the North’s standard of pork’

China’s General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) is impressed with the standard of pork production in Northern Ireland,...

Farmer chases thief (successfully) on his John Deere tractor
Farmer chases thief (successfully) on his John Deere tractor

A US man who was cutting wood in a forest stopped a man trying to steal his truck; by giving...

Sheep film scoops award at the Cannes Film Festival
Sheep film scoops award at the Cannes Film Festival

A film about sheep in Iceland called ‘Rams’ has won the Un Certain Regard prize at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival....

Amazing video of farmer herding thousands of sheep from the sky
Amazing video of farmer herding thousands of sheep from the sky

It’s like a scene from the Lion King as a New Zealand farmer uses a drone to not only film his...

Silage 2015 is in full swing, has your photo made the cut?
Silage 2015 is in full swing, has your photo made the cut?

Silage cutting is taking place across the country at the moment and while rain in places has led to problems...