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Tommy Moyles runs a suckler to beef herd at Ardfield, Clonakilty, Co Cork.
Tommy Moyles on 14 Aug 2019
Camera at the Mart: stronger than expected trade at Kanturk
Tommy Moyles reports from the special autumn-born weanling sale in Kanturk Mart.
Tommy Moyles on 14 Aug 2019
Farmer Writes: beef sector a mix of business, culture and politics
The beef industry worldwide is cut-throat, in all senses of the word, writes Tommy Moyles.
Tommy Moyles on 06 Aug 2019
Independent mediator needed to break factory deadlock - Fine Gael senator
A member of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine has called for an independent mediator to be appointed to try to resolve the current deadlock.
Tommy Moyles on 06 Aug 2019
Garda armed response unit attends Limerick factory protest
Farmer numbers increased on the picket line at the Beef Plan Movement protest outside ABP Rathkeale on Monday evening.
Tommy Moyles on 05 Aug 2019
Bandon protesters: a week on the line
Farmers picketing outside ABP Bandon as part of the Beef Plan Movement's nationwide protest are now entering their second week at the factory gate.
Tommy Moyles on 07 Aug 2019
Farmer tree project to address climate change locally
The Carbery Tree Project is an initiative by Carbery group with SWS forestry. The initiative aims to address climate change at a local level by offsetting carbon emissions, and increasing biodiversity
Tommy Moyles on 31 Jul 2019
Watch: cattle trucks wait to enter ABP Bandon
Tommy Moyles reports from outside ABP's Bandon plant, where some cattle trucks are waiting to enter the premises.
Tommy Moyles on 31 Jul 2019
Farmer Writes: the man in overalls will be king yet
This week Tommy Moyles looks at cattle prices in the 70s, GAA teams in rural Ireland and the future of farming.
Tommy Moyles on 17 Jul 2019
Revived fair day thriving in Kerry
Anyone driving through Castlegregory on Saturday may have looked twice at the scenes on Forge road. Time was turned back as the local livestock fair took place following its revival last year.
Tommy Moyles on 16 Jul 2019
'We were so busy and all of a sudden everything stopped'
For Farm Safety Week, Tommy Moyles speaks with Eileen O'Driscoll, an active lady running a four-star B&B, whose busy life was changed in a brief second when the unpredicatability of cows came to bear
Tommy Moyles on 17 Jul 2019
Farmer Writes: TB testing and breeding on the home straight
More silage was made on the farm this year than ever before, and all of it in less than 10 weeks, writes Tommy Moyles.
Tommy Moyles on 06 Jul 2019
Watch: open day at west Cork grass biorefinery project
Farmers are invited to witness the separation of grass into proteins, sugars and mineral-rich liquids.