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Balmoral warm up for sheep shearers
The World Sheep Shearing and Wool Handling Championships are taking place in Gorey, Co Wexford on May 22-25, and many...
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The World Sheep Shearing and Wool Handling Championships are taking place in Gorey, Co Wexford on May 22-25, and many...
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Some 33% of famers would delay seeking professional help for fear of others finding out, according to a recent survey...
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Roscommon Lamb Festival 2014 is in its seventh year and takes place this weekend. A key highlight of the festival...
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Emerald Expo Results – 2014 Supreme Champion: Laurelmore Duplex Impala bred by John & Ricky Barrett & Sons, Laurelmore, Togher,...
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A partnership between the European Union and China, focused on crop breeding, is to be established to meet the challenge...
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Europe’s resistance to genetically modified organisms (GMOs) is holding farmers back, according to the IFA. Irish farmers must be able...
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“We need to try to understand that and design management systems around the animal, rather than make the animals fit...
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According to Vincent Pierce, from Wicklow-based wool merchants Laurence Pierce Ltd, 95% of the wool produced in Ireland is destined...
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The Golden Shears World Blade Shearing Championship, which will be held in Co. Wexford in May, will be sponsored by...
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Ireland has scored an international coup with individual competitors and teams from China and Russia now registered to travel and...
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The organisers of this year’s Golden Shears World Sheep Shearing Championships, taking place in Gorey, Co Wexford between May 17th...
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There is a need and a willingness from all stakeholders to collectively address the complex issues of alcohol abuse amongst...
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Teagasc‘s research and development hub in Moorepark, Co Cork is a hive of commercial activity and this is growing from strength...
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Pedigree Holstein Friesian bulls registered with the Irish Holstein Friesian Association (IHFA) continue to be a rich genetic resource for...
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Organisers of the 16th Golden Shears, the World Sheep Shearing and Wool Handling Championships, which is taking place in Gorey,...
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Teagasc, in conjunction with the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, has developed a new world-class profit-based index, called...
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Low-fat ice cream that still tastes great, cooking oil enriched in vitamins or bread enriched with fish oil that doesn’t...
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Cows DNA is an Irish company set up to develop technology for ultrasound assessment of bovine reproduction and this month...