Grass
What can you do with unlifted swards?
With many acres of last year’s grass still lying rotting across Ulster, and wet weather conditions continuing, the College of...
Flooding
Grass
What can you do with unlifted swards?
With many acres of last year’s grass still lying rotting across Ulster, and wet weather conditions continuing, the College of...
N.Ireland
What can you do with unlifted swards?
With many acres of last year’s grass still lying rotting across Ulster, and wet weather conditions continuing, the College of...
N.Ireland
Northern silage yield drops to lowest in 12 years
Following the summer no farmer will forget – for all the wrong reasons – silage yields in Northern Ireland hit...
N.Ireland
Northern silage yield drops to lowest in 12 years
Following the summer no farmer will forget – for all the wrong reasons – silage yields in Northern Ireland hit...
N.Ireland
'Force Majeure' excuse to be discussed at Sperrins landslide meeting
A meeting for Sperrins farmers affected by landslides during the August floods will discuss the possibility of using the ‘Force...
N.Ireland
Farming families struggle to deal with flooding fallout
One week on, farmers and their families affected by the flooding in the northwest of the province are still coming...
N.Ireland
Farming families struggle to deal with flooding fallout
One week on, farmers and their families affected by the flooding in the northwest of the province are still coming...
Rural Life
Donegal farmer 'shaken' after tractor gets caught up in bridge collapse
Farmer Seamus McColgan from Iskaheen, Muff, Co. Donegal, is said to be “quite shaken” after the tractor he was driving...
N.Ireland
Donegal farmer ‘shaken’ after tractor gets caught up in bridge collapse
Farmer Seamus McColgan from Iskaheen, Muff, Co. Donegal, is said to be “quite shaken” after the tractor he was driving...
Rural Life
North-west flooding leaves destruction in its wake
The flooding that struck the north-west of the country has left a trail of devastation in its wake in both...
N.Ireland
North-west flooding leaves destruction in its wake
The flooding that struck the north-west of the country has left a trail of devastation in its wake in both...
Environment
Record breaking amounts spent on flood relief in 2016
The Minister of State with responsibility for the Office of Public Works (OPW) and Flood Relief, Seán Canney, said 2016...
Rural Life
Is your farm ready for a freezing cold winter?
Freezing weather conditions affects farming in several ways and to help give advice to farmers on what to do in...
Rural Life
A Voluntary Farmyard Relocation Scheme could be on the cards
The possibility of a voluntary farmyard relocation scheme is being discussed by the Government’s Interdepartmental Flood Policy Co-ordination Working Group....
Rural Life
Flooding problems on the Shannon 'won't be solved in one winter'
Problems arising from the flooding from the Shannon will not be solved in one winter, Minister of State at the Department of...
Rural Life
'Farmers and farming families are still under siege from rising flood waters'
Farmers and farming families are still under siege from rising flood waters at a number of turloughs in Roscommon and Galway, Fianna...
Environment
'Flood risk group not meeting in 4 years a total insult to people affected'
A steering group that was to oversee a national programme for flood risk assessment did not meet during a four-year period, a new...
