Beef
Report: Stranorlar rare breed cattle show and sale
The Stranorlar Traditional Native Breed Cattle show and sale hosted its first-ever multi-native breed event on Saturday, November 18, 2023,...
Rare Breed
Beef
Show and sale of 'rare breed' cattle event set for Stranorlar
Ballybofey and Stranorlar Co-operative Livestock Mart is set to be the venue for a show and sale of rare-breed cattle....
Forestry
Farm Focus: Organic Dexters, pigs and tillage in Slane
By Barbara Collins Alex and Carina Coyningham have been running Rock Farm in Slane for 12 years now. Many will...
Rural Life
Old Irish goat recognised as native rare breed to Ireland
The old Irish goat was approved as a native rare breed to Ireland today (Thursday, June 9), by the Minister...
Sheep
Cavan woman helps re-establish Roscommon sheep breed
Cavan-based farmer and entrepreneur Sandra Coote is helping to re-establish the Co. Roscommon sheep breed. “My love of sheep goes...
N.Ireland
Rare Breed series finale postponed
The broadcast of the final episode of the current series of UTV’s Rare Breed – A Farming Year, has been...
N.Ireland
Farming series 'Rare Breed' set to return for ninth series
Farming TV series ‘Rare Breed’ is set to return to screens on Tuesday (January 12, January) with seven families from...
Rural Life
Visitors warned not to feed animals at award-winning farm after goat deaths
Visitors to the award-winning Tannaghmore Rare Breeds Animal Farm in Co. Armagh are being advised that they must not feed...
N.Ireland
Hit farming series 'Rare Breed' returns to screens for 8th series
The hugely successful ‘Rare Breed – A Farming Year’ is set to return to screens on Thursday (January 9) with...
Agri-Business
Date and venue confirmed for Irish Rare Breeds Conference
The third annual Irish Rare Breeds Conference will take place from Thursday, May 16 to Saturday, May 18, 2019 in...
Rural Life
Farming show Rare Breed wins TV crowds in Northern Ireland
The third episode of Rare Breed – A Farming Year was the most watched programme in Northern Ireland while it...
N.Ireland
Hit farming series 'Rare Breed' returns for 7th series
‘Rare Breed – A Farming Year’ returns for a new series with new farms and families and some familiar faces...
N.Ireland
Rare Breed farmer joins Open Farm Weekend line-up
Three new farms are set to open their gates to the public as part of this year’s Bank of Ireland...
N.Ireland
This week on Rare Breed: TB testing, a rejected calf and collecting semen
TB testing, a rejected calf and semen collection all feature on this week’s episode of ‘Rare Breed’. The second episode...
N.Ireland
Rare Breed's return takes lion's share of TV viewing figures
The return of ‘Rare Breed – A Farming Year’ was the most watched programme in Northern Ireland on its prime-time...
N.Ireland
Meet the Ulster farmers set to appear on this year's Rare Breed
The latest series of hit agricultural show ‘Rare Breed – A Farming Year’ is set to return to screens across...
N.Ireland
'I don't know how I'll start to rebuild it all' - 'Rare Breed' farmer on devastating inferno
A Co. Antrim farmer whose shed burned down at the weekend has said he has been left with no option...
N.Ireland
'Rare Breed' farmer loses straw and machinery in major shed blaze
A well-known Co. Antrim farmer has lost his winter supply of hay and straw after a shed fire destroyed thousands...