Agri-Business
It’s time for a national land drainage programme
COMMENT: Regular travellers in the Irish countryside will be fully aware of the regrettable fact that rushes are fast taking over...
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Agri-Business
Vets get ready for the Food Harvest
More than 120 vets from Ireland, UK and Denmark gathered in Cork last weekend to consider a Food Harvest strategy for...
Rural Life
Grassroot success
Success is hard work, simple as. Nobody knows this best than Sarah Baker of Cloughjordan House, who last weekend won...
Dairy
Managing high SCC in late lactation
The View from Teagasc: High SCC cows should firstly be identified through an individual milk recording, milked last to minimise disease spread...
Environment
Slurry deadline today
The slurry spreading season comes to an end today. The deadline holds little fear for farmers this year when compared...
Machinery
Tanco launch new wrapper
At the National Ploughing Championships last month Tanco launched its new trailed bale wrapper the A150 on to the market....
Rural Life
This week's farmer of the tweet: Fieldstown Farm
Farmers Feed Families launched a social initiative this summer to raise awareness of daily life in farms across Ireland. Each...
Rural Life
Great organic tastes
More than 5,000 people visited Dublins’ Marlay Park yesterday for the inaugural National Organic Fair. The event was the brainchild...
Agri-Business
The food connection
“Strawberries from Israel on the shelves of Wexford supermarkets during their annual strawberry week. Is this sustainable?” asked Michael Kelly...
Dairy
'Significant gains from improved mastitis controls'
Motivating behaviour change in mastitis control was explored by Finola Mc Coy, Animal Health Ireland at the Cattle Association of Veterinary...
Agri-Business
Organic Food Fair
Clodagh McKenna will be holding free public cooking demonstrations using only Irish organic produce at the inaugural National Organic Food...
Agri-Business
Vets play key role in farm efficiency and expansion
“Ireland faces into its biggest opportunity to grow its food production from livestock and dairy sectors since joining the EU,...
Machinery
Merlo to introduce new heavy-duty turbofarmer
A heavy-duty version of the Merlo Turbofarmer will be launched here early next year by distributor McHale Plant Sales of...
Rural Life
Tweet, or the plant dies
In the spectrum of strange and weird experiments, the Denver Museum of Nature and Sciences in the US is testing...
Agri-Business
Court hears Henchy refused €422k
The former chief executive of Dairygold has alleged his former employers refused to acknowledge the “elephant in the room” before...
Machinery
New Rakeman grass harrow
Introducing the Rakeman 3000 developed, designed and manufactured in Ireland. Fastparts southern sales manager Tim O’Regan said: “This year has...
Agri-Business
Growing education on world hunger
A ‘World Food – Facts, Figures and Activities’ booklet to mark United Nations World Food Day was launched by the...
Sheep
Grant aid for sheep fencing and handling equipment
The View from Teagasc: Stock proof fencing is essential for proper grassland management. Along with effective sheep handling equipment, it is key...
