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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.
Kieran Sullivan on 17 Apr 2019
Farmer writes: changing to meet market demands
Selling means persuading people to buy what you have, whereas marketing means finding out what people want and creating it for them, writes Kieran Sullivan.
Kieran Sullivan on 25 Mar 2019
Farmer Writes: plenty of shoe polish to keep our dancing shoes right
A little bit of Lannigan’s Ball is fine now as we negotiate March of many weathers, writes Kieran Sullivan.
Kieran Sullivan on 13 Feb 2019
Farmer Writes: what have fodder beet and keyboard warriors in common?
If you do not gauge a situation accurately, writes Kieran Sullivan, you are likely to act wrongly.
Kieran Sullivan on 20 Dec 2018
Farmer writes: positives to take from 2018
Christmas is about lifting the spirit during these darkest of days, writes Kieran Sullivan, safe in the knowledge that the back will soon be broken in another winter.
Kieran Sullivan on 07 Nov 2018
Farmer writes: the only way to make money from small and part-time farming
Efficiency is critical, but it will only take you so far these days, writes Kieran Sullivan.
on 25 Sep 2018
Farmer Writes: crossing Suffolk rams with Scotch ewes
When you have one aspect of the business humming along well, it is time to attend to another, writes Kieran Sullivan.
on 24 Aug 2018
Farmer writes: We need to talk about stocking rates
It’s not about the amount of acres you have, it’s about how much grass you grow. Kieran Sullivan writes
on 29 Jun 2018
Farmer Writes: part-time farmers in catch-22 situation
The list of jobs is growing longer rather than shorter, writes Kieran Sullivan, as thoughts turn towards spending more time on the farm and less in the office.
Kieran Sullivan on 18 May 2018
Farmer writes: Farmers pay to reduce factory's labour costs
Government is the shadow cast over society by big business, writes Kieran Sullivan, and nowhere is this more evident than in EID for the sheep sector.
Kieran Sullivan on 23 Apr 2018
Farmer writes: WB Yeats and the educational fire
Training and education should provide you with three Cs: competences, contacts and certification, writes Kieran Sullivan.