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Farmer Writes: old cow for the hard road and calf for the bottle
Tommy Moyles
The ruthlessness of nature revealed itself at the weekend as one of the more experienced campaigners in Tommy Moyles' suckler herd put herself first.
2 April 2025 Beef breeding
Small but mighty in suckler heartland
Despite it being a compact holding, Cathal Irwin isn’t letting his small farm size hold him back in terms of performance, writes Martin Merrick.
1 April 2025 News
Dairy farmers advised to convert to sucklers
The advisory and research body said it was making the announcement on the back of the beef price boom.
Farmer Writes: representing on International Women’s Day
Karen McCabe farms with her father Michael in Drumlegga, Co Leitrim.
12 March 2025 Farmer Writes
Is there a future farming marginal land?
Adam Woods takes a look at the plans on rewetting and what that means for small drystock farms in the north west of the country.
5 March 2025 Management
Proposed actions for beef and sheep schemes revealed
The schemes will continue in a similar format as in 2024 with new actions added for farmers to draw down a higher payment.
26 February 2025 News
Farmers seek details of 2025 beef welfare scheme
With the payment increasing from €50 to €75 per eligible calf, farmers currently weaning summer and autumn-born calves want to see details of actions to maximise their payments.
19 February 2025 News
Farmer Writes: developing less tolerance for misery
Calving time has evolved over the years on Tommy Moyles' farm at Ardfiled, Clonakilty. It's just got underway, but there's less misery involved in it than before.
19 February 2025 Farmer Writes
‘Our focus must remain on the commercial beef farmer’ - ICBF
Adam Woods and Nevan McKiernan sat down with ICBF boss Sean Coughlan to discuss the recent decision by breed societies not to print indexes in sales catalogues.
12 February 2025 Breeding & health
Farmer Writes: best-laid plans can well and truly go away
Farming is never short of surprises, as Tommy Moyles found out on his farm recently. Best laid plans to increase slurry storage were impacted by rain from an unaccustomed direction.
22 January 2025 Farmer Writes
Farmer Writes: Hot markets the backdrop to cold snap
Much of west Cork has escaped the worst extremes of this cold spell but strong market performances will help get the year off to a good start.
8 January 2025 Farmer Writes
Editorial: Suckler positivity
Mercosur is obviously the elephant in the room and particularly what economic and social impact it will have on rural areas.
23 December 2024 Viewpoints