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Kieran Sullivan on 18 Mar 2020
Farmer Writes: early lambing, grandmothers and risk
When we have survived this period and the grass starts growing properly, we will seriously weigh up the pros and cons of early v mid-season lambing.
Kieran Sullivan on 19 Feb 2020
Farmer Writes: man plans and the gods laugh
I have a better understanding now of what we are capable of and what we need to do to get there, writes Kieran Sullivan.
Kieran Sullivan on 22 Jan 2020
Farmer Writes: feeding, breeding and luck
Overall, lambing early has been more positive than negative. But as ever, we remember what went wrong more than what went right.
Kieran Sullivan on 22 Dec 2019
Farmer Writes: the challenges ahead for 2020
Who knows what Brexit, the weather, the new IFA president, and other external factors hold in store for us in 2020?
Kieran Sullivan on 27 Nov 2019
Farmer Writes: all-concentrate diet for early lambing
A concentrate diet for sheep has meant an easier workload for Kevin O'Sullivan.
Kieran Sullivan on 30 Oct 2019
Farmer Writes: a few reasons to be cheerful
If prices get better in 2020, then great. If they get worse, then something will have to give, and bigger changes will have to be made, writes Kieran Sullivan.
Kieran Sullivan on 02 Oct 2019
Farmer Writes: setting up a farm brand of our own
Kieran Sullivan is taking on a new challenge by marketing his nature-friendly lamb to local restaurants.
Kieran Sullivan on 10 Sep 2019
Farmer Writes: a fair share of dealing with officialdom
Back out in the fields away from the paperwork we are doing what can only be described as reclaiming another field, writes Kieran Sullivan.
Kieran Sullivan on 07 Aug 2019
Farmer Writes: looking back for future plans
We are going to change from lambing in mid-March to lambing in early-January, writes Kieran Sullivan.
Kieran Sullivan on 10 Jul 2019
Farmer Writes: backside has fallen out of sheep trade
Farmers would never stay going without optimism and positivity, writes Kieran Sullivan.
Kieran Sullivan on 12 Jun 2019
Farmer Writes: margins as thin as the gable-end of a five euro note
Kieran Sullivan outlines how he chooses to sell and retain lambs and avoid being a busy amadán.
Kieran Sullivan on 16 May 2019
Farmer Writes: sheep demand an emotional commitment
Much of the resentment towards sheep stems, I believe, from farmers’ younger days when they might have been used as a sheep-chasing labour unit on the farm of a bachelor uncle.