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New book aimed at educating primary school children about Irish agriculture
A new book for primary school children, that uses poetry to help simplify the science behind Irish farming and food for health and wellbeing,...
Suckler farming: 100% AI and 39-month-old calving system
Noel O’Neill began farming a sheep and suckler enterprise in his own right in 2003.
The Tinahely, Co. Wicklow native is an electrician by trade...
20-year-old with a burning desire to gain global dairy industry experience
When Clodagh Sherman completed her Leaving Certificate, she initially enrolled in a specialist language programme at University College Cork.
The Galmoy, Co. Kilkenny native, who...
Proposed EU vet medicine rules will ‘lead to unregulated movement of products’
The new EU Veterinary Medicine Regulation has the potential to severely impact on competition in the supply of anthelmintics to farmers.
That is the view...
Finishing store lambs – an alternative enterprise to consider?
In the past number of weeks, there has been a renewed interest in the purchasing of store lambs, writes Joanne Masterson, B&T Drystock Advisor,...
DIY farm trial shows clear gains from trace elements while housed
“They help cattle make better use of what they eat”
This was said not by a slick marketing consultant but beef and sheep farmer Roy...
Teen farming author sets up agri e-commerce site for Ugandan orphanage
During the COVID-19 lockdown, enthusiastic Cork-based teenager, Tadgh Quill-Manley, has set up a socially-conscious farm supplies e-commerce site.
The 18-year-old Leaving Cert student is already...
ETTG revisits one of Ireland’s largest suckler farms
The spotlight will be on suckler farming, dairy expansion, and beekeeping in this week’s episode of Ear to the Ground.
The second part of the...
Benefits of feeding colostrum and transition milk
On dairy farms, heifer rearing is the second largest annual expense after concentrates, accounting for almost 20% of production costs/
That is according to Dr...
VIDEO: Circular manure-handling system makes three types of fertiliser
Lely has launched a new shed system for separating mineral flows and converting emissions into value.
The Lely Sphere separates manure and urine, converts nitrogen...
