Dairy
The College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) are hosting a series of six farm walks to illustrate and define ‘Efficient and..
Environment
A new study has highlighted the potential for cattle with higher heat tolerance to offer more sustainable breeding programmes
N.Ireland
Farm walks are being held to assist farmers to highlight key measures that can improve environmental performance in milk production.
Ireland has ranked 8th out of 14 comparable EU countries in this year’s Sustainable Progress Index report by Social Justice Ireland
During a Smarter Milking event, Teagasc’s Micheal Breen gave a talk on how dairy farms can reduce their energy use while saving money.
Rural Life
Farming couple Stephen and Eva Hegarty who are based near the Burren, Co. Clare, scooped two Georgina Campbell awards this year.
For Ailbhe Gerrard, farming involves managing projects including forestry thinning; silage making; dry stone walling; and hive keeping.
