Beef
Shorthorn Society rolls out 2024 'Breed A Roan Scheme'
The Irish Shorthorn Cattle Society has announced the details of its ‘Breed a Roan Scheme’ for 2024. The initiative titled...
Shorthorn
Rural Life
Tipperary farmers win €25k solar system prize from Agriland and Local Power
Agriland presented dairy shorthorn farmers Michael and Mary Purcell from Thurles, Co. Tipperary with a solar PV installation prize worth...
Beef
NI open day set to showcase Shorthorn-cross suckler herd
Ballynahinch, Co. Down-based commercial suckler farmer Barry Fitzsimons is set to show how a switch to Beef Shorthorn genetics has...
Rural Life
'Organic farming was a given': Cloughjordan couple
“For us, there was no question as to how we would farm – farming organically was a given,” said Mimi...
Dairy
Going the red road: Progressive publishes 2021 coloured dairy catalogue
The latest Progressive Genetics dairy catalogue “Coloured Dairy Breeds 2021” has just gone to print, the AI firm has confirmed....
N.Ireland
Co. Down Shorthorn herd clinches Carlisle top prices
Beef Shorthorn females sold to a top of 4,500gns and bulls to 4,000gns in Carlisle on Friday, March 23, at...
Rural Life
Offaly man 'fit' to farm: Family shows the way with shorthorn success
The flexibility of farming in accommodating a whole range of fighting fit enterprises is demonstrated by Peter Manley who built...
N.Ireland
Breed championship double for Co. Down breeder on day one of Balmoral Show
Day one of Balmoral Show saw Co. Down pedigree cattle breeder James Porter lifting both the Aberdeen Angus and Beef...