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Tommy Moyles runs a suckler to beef herd at Ardfield, Clonakilty, Co Cork.
Tommy Moyles on 21 Aug 2018
In-spec stock in demand at Bandon
There was a strong trade for forward stores and factory cows at this week's sale in Bandon Mart, writes Tommy Moyles.
Tommy Moyles on 17 Aug 2018
In pictures: From 1988 to 2018 - Iveragh Mart celebrates 30 years
Iveragh Mart started out in the 1980s from a seed planted by young farmers on Valentina Island. This week it celebrated the 30th anniversary of its opening.
Tommy Moyles on 17 Aug 2018
Price gap widening between top and lesser-quality weanlings
There were 300 cattle and 300 sheep and the 30th Anniversary sale at Iveragh Co-Op Mart.
Tommy Moyles on 15 Aug 2018
Farmer writes: trouble begins when you heed outlandish stories
So long as you work on preparing your own farm for the months ahead and not heed what the parish pessimists are saying, you’ll be alright, writes Tommy Moyles.
Tommy Moyles on 01 Aug 2018
Farmer Writes: 2018 the year of controlled improvisation
Controlled improvisation is probably the best way to describe farming in 2018, as farmers endure different feed challenges on the back of weather events, writes Tommy Moyles.
Tommy Moyles on 27 Jul 2018
'It's like having an extra farm next door to me'
Tommy Moyles attended a recent farm walk on the farm of Ger Dineen, 2017 Grassland farmer of the year.
Tommy Moyles on 18 Jul 2018
Far away hills aren’t greener for Kenmare store lamb trade
The store lamb trade is starting poorly with many store lamb customers limited in buying by drought severely denting grass supplies.
Tommy Moyles on 18 Jul 2018
Farmer Writes: 2018 is a mentally draining year
There are people out there farming longer than me but I’m struggling to think of a more mentally draining year than 2018. It’s relentless, writes Tommy Moyles.
Tommy Moyles on 04 Jul 2018
Farmer Writes: going to the well in dry summers passed
Tommy Moyles looks back to the summer of 2012, when a local road was washed away and how group water schemes replaced going to the well.
Tommy Moyles on 04 Jul 2018
In pictures: making Ireland's most southerly silage bales
Following a sea crossing of 40 minutes, on the last Monday in June, contractor Adrian Lewis made it to Cape Clear, to start making Ireland's most southerly silage bales.
Tommy Moyles on 20 Jun 2018
Land for sale: farm by the sea on 127 acres on the Cork coast
Auctioneer John Hodnett of Hodnett Forde, Clonakilty, is bringing a fantastic coastal property to the market on the Sheep's Head peninsula, writes Tommy Moyles.
Tommy Moyles on 25 Jun 2018
Farmer Writes: the case of the tourist and the calf in a ditch
Tommy Moyles has found himself answering some interesting questions from tourists after getting the 'west Cork farm tours' project off the ground.