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Redwater- Tick that box- Prevention is better than cure
Redwater- Tick that box- Prevention is better than cure

It is estimated that losses due to the agricultural industry due to Redwater disease in cattle  amount almost €10 million annually.  T...

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Top tips for cutting your silage bill
Top tips for cutting your silage bill

Silage making is at its peak at this time of year and as machines rev up for a busy season of cutting and baling.  It’s an expensive time ...

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Help!! I married a farmer
Help!! I married a farmer

Help! I married a farmer. Yes, the farmer wanted a wife and I was ‘It’.For a city girl, and a girly-girl, it’s been a helluva transi...

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Are farmers fanning the flames of Ireland’s scorched summer?
Are farmers fanning the flames of Ireland’s scorched summer?

Since the beginning of March, thousands of acres of forest, woodland and moorland have gone up in flames.  Unusually dry weather at the start of...

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Thinking On The Hoof - Hoof care in dairy cows
Thinking On The Hoof - Hoof care in dairy cows

Lameness and hoof health in the dairy cow continues to be one of the greatest challenges for the dairy industry.   Preventing and treating lamen...

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A look at life on the farm in 1960’s rural Ireland
A look at life on the farm in 1960’s rural Ireland

Hippies were shocking America. The teddy boys and girls were swinging in London. The Cuban missile crisis had the world holding its breath. But home ...

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The seven tell-tale signs of a sheep farmer
The seven tell-tale signs of a sheep farmer

We are right in the middle of lambing season and ghostly figures are seen making hurried expeditions to the supermarket, the vets and to Agirdirect st...

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Rural Crime- Let’s not lose ourselves in fear
Rural Crime- Let’s not lose ourselves in fear

Crime in Rural areas continues to be a difficult and worrying issue for country dwellers.   Rural crime has not reduced in the past few years an...

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Prevention is better than cure. Avoiding farm accidents.
Prevention is better than cure. Avoiding farm accidents.

The agricultural industry has a higher incident of injury and fatalities than any other employment sector in Ireland.  Despite publicity and awa...

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Milk & Honey, The Life Of An Irish Dairy Farmer
Milk & Honey, The Life Of An Irish Dairy Farmer

The weekly log of a dairy farmer’s life is pretty mundane and can have the intensity and the repetition of ‘groundhog day’. Basicall...

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8 Tell Tale Signs You Grew Up On The Farm
8 Tell Tale Signs You Grew Up On The Farm

  Having memories of growing up on a farm is a magical and unique thing that moulded you into the person you are today. Below are eight&nbs...

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Droning on and on – Technical innovations and agriculture in the past 20 years.
Droning on and on – Technical innovations and agriculture in the past 20 years.

It might be hard to believe it sometimes, but technology is actually making life easier for all of us. For the average Irish farmer, it certainly migh...

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