Rural Life
Teagasc launches farm options training and new support booklet
Teagasc has launched two new separate initiatives which are aimed at helping farmers diversify their holdings, and informing farmers of...
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Agri-Business
Energy and Farm Diversification Show to take place in July
The Energy and Farm Diversification Show 2024 will take place on Thursday, July 18 at Gurteen Agricultural College, Co. Tipperary,...
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Watch: How Cavan farm partnership combats scour
Scour occurs when the gut becomes compromised and calves lose proper functioning of the intestine, resulting in diarrhoea and loss...
Agri Politics
Call for planning exemption to convert unused farm buildings
Irish farmers should be allowed planning exemptions to convert unused farm buildings into accommodation or farm shops, according to a...
Environment
Teagasc 'must support' farmers to diversify - O'Mara
Teagasc must support farmers to “take advantage” of diversification options including forestry, organics, anaerobic digestion (AD), and solar PV, Teagasc...
Rural Life
Agri-industry assembles at Gurteen for Farm Diversification Show
Farmers and businesses from across the agri-industry have gathered at Gurteen College in Co. Tipperary today (Thursday, July 20) for...
Agri-Business
Gurteen College gears up for Farm Diversification Show
Gurteen College is gearing up for the Energy and Farm Diversification Show that will be held there this week. Teagasc,...
Agri Politics
'Very attractive' incentives to diversify farms in 2023 - Taoiseach
A “very attractive” incentivisation plan encouraging farmers to diversify into organic farming, anaerobic digestion (AD) and forestry will be negotiated...
Rural Life
'Seeing the farm with fresh eyes': Social farming
One of the many benefits of social farming is that it encourages the farmer and the wider farm household, including...
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Watch: Offaly farmer makes big savings by 'going solar'
Imagine standing on your farm, knowing you have taken steps to secure its future. The sun is shining, not just...
Rural Life
No kidding: Farm makes €56,000 offering 'virtual goats' for video calls
A farm has seized the initiative to liven things up on lockdown video calls through the introduction of a “virtual...
Rural Life
Teagasc publishes 'farm diversification factsheets' with videos
Teagasc has published a number of ‘farm diversification factsheets’ on its website, along with videos, aimed at providing farmers with...
Rural Life
Good income on small ground: Newbie winner on savvy switch to snails
Steven Ryan from Tuam, Co. Galway, has been selected as the winner of the 2019 ‘Newbie’ new farm entrant competition....
Forestry
Cows to conifers: 'Food is not the priority - I'm farming for air'
It was the spring of 2012 – one of the wettest years in Irish history. After much soul searching, Gerard...
Rural Life
Farm diversification: Possibilities; planning; pitfalls; and potential
Planning, training, taxation advice and a good solicitor are essential starting blocks to embarking on a farm diversification project, according...
Rural Life
New skincare range from 'the meadows' keeps it natural
Living on a farm on the Wexford/Wicklow border, Claire Williams has created her own enterprise to facilitate a work/life balance....
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Cow monitoring app 'means we can stay farming for longer'
Sylvia and John Powell installed Nedap cow monitoring on their 250-strong herd in February 2023. Farming just outside Birr, Co....
Agri-Business
Trans-frontier: How AD industry experts say Brexit will hit Ireland's biogas sector
Access to finance, land and maintaining cross-border relationships are some of the biggest challenges the island’s Anaerobic Digestion (AD) industry will...