Quiz: How well do you know your cattle? December 29, 2017 Rural Life Over 100,000 Irish farmers are involved in some form of cattle farming – whether that’s dairy, suckler or beef finishing. Given the significance…
Quiz: How well do you know your marts? December 27, 2017 Rural Life The 2017 season is drawing to a close and many farmers are questioning what they’ll do as their local mart has closed its…
Quiz: How well do you know world farming records? December 25, 2017 Rural Life A common present found under the tree on Christmas Day is the Guinness World Records annual book; it’s full of mind-blowing facts. It…
Quiz: Do you suffer from ‘shiny metal syndrome’? November 30, 2017 Rural Life Over recent years, a plague has swept across Ireland to the detriment of many farmers. Lured by bright lights, sparkling chrome and the…
Quiz: Think you know everything about sheep? June 14, 2017 Millions of sheep can be found on Irish farms and, although farmers will struggle to become millionaires, there’s great satisfaction in bringing a… Sponsored
Quiz: Have you got what it takes to marry a farmer? March 6, 2017 Rural Life The general consensus, well the consensus among many on a Saturday night, is that farming and farmers are sexy. With its long hours,…
Quiz: How well do you know the crops grown in Ireland? December 31, 2016 Rural Life Nearly 300,000ha of Irish farmland is used for growing tillage crops, with cereals such as wheat and barley dominating the area planted. But…
Quiz: Can you identify each of these marts from the air? December 28, 2016 Rural Life The local mart is often a weekly jaunt for farmers around the country and with it being Christmas week, marts are shut. So…
Quiz: Have you got what it takes to be a farmer? November 18, 2016 Rural Life Farming has become sexy in recent years and with agricultural colleges overflowing, every Tom, Dick and Henrietta thinks they have what it takes…
Quiz: Think you know how to body condition score your cows? October 28, 2016 Dairy The attention on spring calving dairy farms is switching to drying off and one of the key components for setting your cows up…
Quiz: Think you’re a grass measuring guru? Prove it here!! August 28, 2016 Grass Grass measuring is a vital tool used on many Irish farms and at some stage or another some farmers have fancied themselves as…
Quiz: How well do you know your tractors? June 17, 2016 Machinery We all fancy ourselves, at one stage or another, as a know-it-it all when it comes to tractors and farm machinery. So, in…
QUIZ: Fancy yourself as a good judge of stock? Test yourself here! June 9, 2016 Beef No matter what mart, farm walk or show you go to there is always one stock judge. This person is widely renowned for…
