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Tommy Moyles runs a suckler to beef herd at Ardfield, Clonakilty, Co Cork.
Tommy Moyles on 23 Sep 2020
Farmer Writes: nerves are tested at scanning time
Scanning isn’t the same level of nerves as TB testing, but there’s a bit of concern at the same time, writes Tommy Moyles.
Tommy Moyles on 23 Sep 2020
My Farming Week: Jer O'Callaghan, Colla, Schull, Co Cork
Meet the west Cork farmer who has not let the amputation of his arm hold him back for one minute.
Tommy Moyles on 11 Sep 2020
Three generations of breeding on the Comeragh Mountains
As Michael Ketch's Trenearla flock gets ready for an on-farm production sale, we revisit a feature from this year's Beef and Sheep Farmer magazine.
Tommy Moyles on 09 Sep 2020
Farmer Writes: are there bigger burning issues?
With beef price turning in the wrong direction, Brexit, CAP and COVID-19 challenges among other things, who would have thought TB letters would be the burning issue.
Tommy Moyles on 30 Aug 2020
Farmers battle weather while politicans fight 'golfgate'
Despite a testing few weeks weather wise, strong winds and early intervention has mitigated most of the damage, writes Cork suckler farmer Tommy Moyles.
Tommy Moyles on 16 Aug 2020
In pictures: deluge hits west Cork
Parts of west Cork experienced more heavy rainfall on Saturday, 48 hours after flooding severely damaged roads roads on Thursday morning.
Tommy Moyles on 12 Aug 2020
Farmer Writes: staycations and the reputation of the meat sector
Tommy Moyles reflects on the impact coronavirus is having on the world at large and the meat sector in particular.
Tommy Moyles on 29 Jul 2020
Farmer Writes: who, what, where, whin and why?
Power-washing has started in earnest in Tommy Moyles' yard and, with the head phones for the phone missing, he started thinking about farm phrases and words.
Tommy Moyles on 28 Jul 2020
Exponential growth in demand for Irish whiskey
Irish Distillers is Ireland’s leading supplier of spirits and wines, and producer of some of the world’s most well-known and successful Irish whiskeys
Tommy Moyles on 28 Jul 2020
Pushing the boundaries of Irish whiskey
Katherine Condon found her perfect job while on a final year college visit to the world renowned Irish Distillers distillery in Midleton. Tommy Moyles writes
Tommy Moyles on 15 Jul 2020
Farmer Writes: EID for cattle of no benefit to me
Tommy Moyles is in two minds about the news of the potential introduction of EID tags for cattle.
Tommy Moyles on 06 Jul 2020
Farmer Writes: financial 'unsustainability' plays a role in farm safety
I’ve said it before but the financial 'unsustainability' plays a part in why the sector has a terrible health and safety record, writes Tommy Moyles.