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Tommy Moyles runs a suckler to beef herd at Ardfield, Clonakilty, Co Cork.
Tommy Moyles on 13 Jan 2021
Farmer Writes: 10th anniversary of BVD testing comes around
Calving preparations are getting under way on Tommy Moyles’s farm as he enters his 10th year of BVD testing.
Tommy Moyles on 12 Jan 2021
Drive in auction, drove up price
A 47-acre residential property at Bilboa, Co Kilkenny went under the hammer at €370,000 far exceeding auctioneer, Joseph Coogans guide price.
Tommy Moyles on 12 Jan 2021
60ac grassland opportunity in Limerick
Another offering from the Sherry Fitzgerald Stack stable is a 60 acre non-residential farm at Reens west in Co Limerick.
Tommy Moyles on 12 Jan 2021
80ac dairy farm with strong entitlements on offer
Maurice Stack of Sherry Fitzgerald Stack, Abbeyfeale, is bringing an 80 acre non-residential farm on the market at Lacca, Duagh in Co Kerry.
Tommy Moyles on 30 Dec 2020
Farmer Writes: water quality a driver of what farmers can do in the future
Tommy Moyles thinks water quality will be a driver of what agriculture can do in future and takes a look at the national herd.
Tommy Moyles on 18 Dec 2020
Farmer Writes: the better late-than-never approach
Smartphones are the Swiss Army knife of farming technology, writes Tommy Moyles.
Tommy Moyles on 02 Dec 2020
Camera at the Mart: perfect timing for Kanturk Christmas fatstock sale
The first day buyers were allowed access back around the ring coincided with Kanturk Mart’s annual Christmas fatstock show and sale.
Tommy Moyles on 02 Dec 2020
Online sales hold their own as farmers return ringside
Farmers are back but the ongoing COVID-19 situation meant the atmosphere in the north Cork venue was a bit subdued. Tommy Moyles reports from Kanturk mart.
Tommy Moyles on 02 Dec 2020
Farmer Writes: getting a shed finished and cleaning up fields
It’s a huge relief to have an extension to the main cow shed completed, but it was a stressful time trying to get it over the line, writes Tommy Moyles.
Tommy Moyles on 18 Nov 2020
Green light for South Kerry Greenway and CPOs on farmland
There will be a compulsory purchase order (CPO) of land along the South Kerry Greenway, resulting in the first time a CPO will be used for an amenity project in Ireland.
Tommy Moyles on 18 Nov 2020
Farmer Writes: weaning under way, with bull calves wired to the moon
The main weaning method on this year on Tommy Moyles’s farm will be to leave the calves in a pen alongside the cows and after a few days increase the distance between the two groups.
Tommy Moyles on 17 Nov 2020
Immaculate property in Reenasscreena
John Hodnett of Hodnett Forde property services, Clonakilty has a 51ac residential farm new to the market at Sarue, Reenascreena, writes Tommy Moyles