Climate change is wreaking havoc on our farming communities the past few years, particularly this year. A wet winter and spring followed by this drou...

Last time we offered advice for those showing animals at shows this year. So now we’ve put together a few tips for those thinking of headin...

Yes it is show season again so we’ve put together a few tips for those wishing to show some livestock this year. Livestock shows bring a lot of ...

It’s that time of year again where sheep farmers around the country are facing into battle with the dreaded blowfly. Blowflies are the most wid...

Although many of us rural dwellers don’t like it, the new Shane Ross drink driving bill has been brought about with the aim of saving lives. As ...

Concerns are growing nationally and internationally regarding the increased cases of resistance to some of the most commonly used wormers. As serious...

The annual menace of Nematodirus battus is still a serious problem on many farms in Ireland, with the changeable weather this year causing particular...

At the minute many farmers are trying to empty some of the slurry from their tanks.  The prolonged winter has left many tanks at capacity, but s...

We will soon be facing into the growing season (hopefully) and looking towards our crops and letting livestock out to grass. However it will also gr...

With a lot of farmers struggling to get slurry out due to the weather, they’re looking at their slurry tanks reaching the brim in dismay. But th...

It’s lambing time again with many farmers losing sleep trying to get all ewes lambed, not to mention fostering multiple birth lambs to a mother ...

Okay. We lied.  There is no such thing as a stress free lambing season.  It’s a fraught and difficult time, as you stumble sleep depr...