Sheep
Clipex Fencing & Stockyards Ireland returns to the Tullamore Show with a focused range of livestock handling and fencing solutions
Agri-Business
The Department of Agriculture (DAFM) confirmed that over half of the applications made for the "mini-tranche" of TAMS were for generators.
Forestry
Farmer Aidan Mullins said he has 'major relief' after his fencing that was destroyed by fallen trees has since been repaired by Coillte
Aidan Mullins, a small sheep farmer in Kilconnell, Co. Galway has been farming next door to Coillte forestry since "around 1990".
Teagasc drystock advisor, Keith Fahy has outlined how farmers an access grants for bovine fencing and meal bins under TAMS 3.
The Department of Agriculture (DAFM) has updated the minimum specification for farm fencing used for livestock and horses under TAMS.
Farmers, private landowners and companies planting forestry can avail of an €18/m payment to fence off forestry to prevent deer damage.
Co. Clare-based electric fence manufacturer Forcefield Active Technology has recently completed the acquisition of Boundary Blade Ltd.
Concerns have been raised that an EU ban on creosote may impact on fencing grants available to farmers under new schemes.
The Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine is to discuss the potential impact of the creosote ban on fencing supplies.
Rural Life
Retailers will have until December 31, 2022 to sell all of their containers of creosote products for agriculture.
The use of creosote to treat wooden fencing posts in agriculture is not included in an extension...
Buildings
Creosote stakes will no longer be available to buy on the market after spring of 2023, the...
'Rev For Trev', a tractor run to raise funds for Pieta House and Teac Tom, will be held on May 29 in memory of a young farmer who died by suicide.
Dairy Technical
Farm roadways are key on Irish dairy farms, to maximise the amount of grazed grass in the cows diet and to increase profitability.
Beef
Virtual fencing systems can provide the same level of stock management and grazed grass utilisation as conventional paddocks
Grass
Former winner of the NPA Innovation Arena Awards, Forcefield, has recently launched its portable B-series battery fencer range to the market.
Fresh Graze is an automated moving fence system using two robots to allocate fresh grass to livestock on a continual basis.
Profitable beef production in Ireland is based on the use of high quantities of quality grass to produce beef at a low cost. Central to this, however, is good grazing infrastructure.
Competition is getting young farmers back into the field and learning practical farm-based skills including fencing.
The provision of additional investment items under TAMS may be considered, according to the Minister for Agriculture.
Environment
Some farmers may be forced to fence off watercourses running through their land to prevent access for cattle by the beginning of 2021.
An Australian company, Clipex Fencing and Stockyards, has chosen to set up its European headquarters in Ennis, Co. Clare.
