The Geep

The story of Paddy Murphy’s goat-sheep hybrid, born on his farm last March, attracted global attention. Over 50% of people who read this story were from the United States. It also received huge attention in Britain, Canada, Sweden and the Netherlands.

Bride makes swift exit to do evening milking

This was the humourous video by Cork bride Ciara Lynch and her three bridesmaids, in which they made a swift exit from a wedding reception at the Garryvoe Hotel to tackle an evening milking in style. Ciara married Cork dairy farmer Victor O’Sullivan in July.

How Almarai produces A billion litres of milk in the Saudi Arabian desert

In this article, Pat O’Keeffe reported on his visit to the stunning Al Badiah dairy farm, where 22,500 cows are currently in-milk. He detailed how Almarai’s dairy division will this year produce in excess of 1bn litres of fresh milk from 75,000 milking cows on seven farms.

Glas scheme to be new REPS

In July, Taoiseach Enda Kenny and Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney announced a new rural development package and you logged on in your thousands to check out the finer details of the new agri-environment scheme.

digger rescued

This story was a particular hit with our Facebook fans. It detailed the rescue of a Hitachi digger from a bog, near Goles Forest on the Tyrone/Derry border, under the direction of 82-year-old Joe Rodgers, the legendary recovery expert from Draperstown.