Rural Life
'The cow charged me, knocked me unconscious and trampled me'
A Co. Meath farmer had a lucky escape when one of the cows on her farm charged her and trampled her...
Cows
Balmoral Show
Going to Balmoral? Here's how to get there and what to see at the show
The 147th Balmoral Show takes place this week from May 13 to May 15, at Balmoral Park, Belfast. Lely is to...
World News
Video: Toyota is developing a car that will run on cow dung!
Toyota is developing cars that can be powered off cow manure converted into hydrogen. Toyota is developing fuel cell vehicles (FCV) powered...
Dairy
'Dairy expansion not possible with current cow numbers'
Two successive years of falling AI usage within the national dairy herd has created a dearth in the number of...
Beef
Cows calving causes inter-county career break
Laois footballer Padraig McMahon has left the inter-county panel for an unknown amount of time due to the pressures of running...
Dairy
How far can dairy cows walk?
Lameness is a disease that dairy farmers don’t hear much about, according to Teagasc Dairy Programme Manager Tom O’Dwyer, and...
Beef
Cows have individual 'calls' for their calves, research finds
A team from The University of Nottingham and Queen Mary University of London, spent 10 months studying to the ways...
Dairy
Do 'recycled' empty cows have a role?
Increasing the number of dairy cows is expensive and can be a significant drain on cash in a fledgling dairy...
