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Farmer Writes: visiting a 6,000ac farm in Canada
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Padraig Callanan visits a farm in Canada where the cows are milked three times per day, at 4am, 12pm and 8pm, in a 12 unit double up, rapid exit parlour.
Farmer Writes: visiting a 6,000ac farm in Canada
Farmer Writes: trip to Tipp got me thinking
4 September 2024 Farmer Writes
Farmer Writes: trip to Tipp got me thinking
A discussion group visit to the Teagasc dairy calf to beef farm in Tipperary got Tommy Moyles wondering how it fits into the future of Irish farming.
Much to admire in 'Plough On' project
4 September 2024 Farmer Writes
Much to admire in 'Plough On' project
Derek Robinson spoke to a group who came to his home-town as part of a day trip organised by Rural Support.
Farmer Writes: cattle housed in August
At first the cows were rather indignant at being taken indoors so early in the year, writes Karen McCabe.
28 August 2024 Farmer Writes
Farmer Writes: what a dreary, dragged-out harvest this is
Gerald Potterton casts back to when he was just after getting married and was doing up his house.
28 August 2024 Farmer Writes
Farmer Writes: Dealing with the present and planning for the future
Scanning results are in for the heifers on Tommy Moyles' farm at Ardfield, Clonakilty while the consequences of the weather mean decisions regarding grazing keep changing.
21 August 2024 Farmer Writes
The sums add up for breeding sheep
Derek Robinson was in the market for mule hoggets at a recent sale in Ballymena
21 August 2024 Northern Ireland
Farmer Writes: going for a third cut of silage
We had a discussion group from Tipperary here a few weeks ago, it was great to have them and get their opinions and insights into different topics here.
21 August 2024 Farmer Writes
Farmer Writes: what to do before winter
Hopefully, the weather will do the decent thing, give us a good back end to the year and we’ll have weeks of grazing ahead of us yet, writes James Strain.
16 August 2024 Farmer Writes
Farmer Writes: the fashionable move to the multi species sward
"I wish people would stop talking about yields (numerically) this harvest. I’m not bothered about benchmarking with other peoples’ yields," writes Gerald Potterton.
14 August 2024 Farmer Writes
Farmer Writes: ragwort thriving in this weather
They say a woman’s prerogative is to change her mind and that certainly is the case with myself at times, writes Karen McCabe.
14 August 2024 Farmer Writes
Farmer Writes: farming is at a spaghetti junction
Is the appetite there to retain agricultural economic activity in the peripheral parts of the country, wonders Tommy Moyles.
7 August 2024 Farmer Writes