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270 cow farmers’ thriving milk hut
In this week’s Farmer Focus series, That’s Farming, speaks to William and Alison Chestnutt, of Chestnutt Farms, about their dairy enterprise, as well as their new...
How suckler farmers can increase profits in 2022
Eddie Webb, B&T soil & environment adviser, Teagasc Galway/Clare, outlines how suckler farmers can increase profits in 2022.
Farmers will need to be vigilant as...
‘We stopped milking cows and replaced them with sucklers’ – 330ac suckler & sheep farmers
That’s Farming editor, Catherina Cunnane, in conversation with Longford native, John Kenny, in this week’s Farmer Focus series. They discuss exiting dairying to focus...
Uncertainty leads to increased farmer interest in diversification
Farmers are increasingly looking for diversification ideas away from their core farming enterprises.
Barry Caslin, Energy and Rural Development Specialist at Teagasc, says this is...
€4m begins to issue to 1,000 organic farmers
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has commenced issuing over €4m in payments to approximately 1,000 organic farmers.
Minister of State, Senator Pippa...
Cork farmer launches direct to market Wagyu business
In this week’s Farmer Focus series, That’s Farming, speaks to Conor Sheahan of Finnow Farm about his new Wagyu direct-to-market beef business. He discusses...
Radio producer turned ‘accidental’ farmer with a love for tractor driving
In this week’s women in ag segment, That’s Farming, speaks to a first-generation farmer, Emma-Victoria Houlton. The Covid-19 pandemic resulted in her swapping radio...
‘It is sometimes accepted that farmers make more use of a vet than their doctor’
In this week’s Career Focus series, That’s Farming, speaks to Finola Colgan, a development officer with Mental Health Ireland. We discuss mental health within the agricultural...
14 hill sheep farmers secure €120k in biodiversity funding
The DAFM has awarded the Teagasc Comeragh Hill Sheep Discussion Group €118,720 for a one-year project.
The group consists of 14 farmers whose sheep graze...
‘It is harder than it needs to be for a young farmer to get into farming’
In this week’s Career Focus series, That’s Farming, speaks to Aiden Cunningham. The LIC breeding advisor discusses his farming roots, managing dairy herds comprising...
