Rural Life
5 farming toys from the Smyths catalogue
Looking at the Smyths catalogue to see what children want of Santa for Christmas is a tradition in many houses...
Farming
Rural Life
Video: Farmer creates 'Merry Christmas' in snow with tractor
What do you get when you mix a John Deere, a drone and 10 inches of snow? Prunty Farms in...
Rural Life
Pics: Flooding has turned one Mayo farm into the 'local lake'
A Mayo farm family’s home and farmland has now become ‘the local lake‘, after flooding has devastated the area. Stephen...
EU
1 in 4 EU farms disappeared between 2003 and 2013
One in four farms disappeared between 2003 and 2013 in the European Union (EU), figures from Eurostat show. This is...
World News
Video: Ever wondered what it's like to farm in Australia?
Ever wondered what it’s like to farm across Australia? This video can give you an idea of what it’s like....
Rural Life
Video: Croatian farmer blocks cars in field by ploughing
An annoyed Croatian farmer has decided to block cars into his field by ploughing around them. The disgruntled farmer came...
N.Ireland
Farm Madness mud run for North's ploughing championships
The first agricultural themed mud run in Northern Ireland, Farm Madness, will take place at the Northern Ireland Ploughing Championships...
Environment
'Increasing farm incomes more important than reducing emissions'
Farmers and those involved in agri-business see sustainably increasing agricultural productivity and incomes as more important than reducing and removing...
Rural Life
Video: Watch one Kiwi farmer fly to work on his farm
New Zealand farmer Harry Meijer has a unique way of going to work; he uses a zipline to go from...
Rural Life
Farmers! Now's your chance to be the CEO of a company
Farmers! Have you ever wanted be the CEO of a company? Well, now’s your chance. ‘Farmers in Charge’ is a...
World News
French farmers block roads as '25,000 face bankruptcy'
French farmers have caused total gridlock in northwestern France in recent days, by blocking the roads with their tractors and machinery...
N.Ireland
Farmer facing fine - for smoking in his tractor cab
A Co. Antrim farmer could be facing a fine of up to £1,000 after he was found smoking in his...
Beef
How to identify Redwater and ways to prevent the disease
Redwater is a life-threatening disease of cattle caused by a parasite called Babesia divergens and the parasite is transmitted by ticks, Animal...
Rural Life
Video: A bride arrived to her wedding reception on a transport box
A Co. Sligo bride arrived in style to her wedding at the weekend; on the back of a transport box....
Rural Life
2,500 acres of land in the UK is on the market for €24m
A total of over 2,500 acres of farm land has come on the market in the UK for a total of...
World News
Farming is officially cool - as Madonna buys a farm
It’s official folks, farming is officially cool; Madonna has bought a farm in the US for $2.2m. However it is not...
EU
'EU must decide GMO stance at national level'
The deadlock around genetically modified organisms (GMOs) needs to end, according to EU Health and Food Safety Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis. The Commissioner...
Dairy
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...
