Cork
Photo Desk on 17 Jan 2021
This week in photos: preparing for lambing and calving and soil mapping
Our top farming photos from the past week include ewes being brought home ahead of lambing in Co Kildare, a farm getting soil mapped in Co Cork and cows being fed meal ahead of calving in Co Wexford.
Niall Hurson on 16 Jan 2021
Retired vets return to field for Brexit checkpoint positions
The Veterinary Council of Ireland has welcomed a number of new entrants to the profession and believes this influx of additional talent will benefit animal health and welfare in Ireland.
Andy Doyle on 13 Jan 2021
R&H feed loss unlikely to hit feed availability
The recent fire at an R&H storage site in Cork will result in the loss of imported feedstuffs but it is unlikely to affect feed availability.
Stephen Robb on 13 Jan 2021
Flagship biomethane central injection facility gets green light
The facility will facilitate the injection of biomethane produced from anaerobic digesters into the national gas grid.
Barry Cassidy on 13 Jan 2021
Cork student wins Teagasc award for hemp project
Cian’s project ‘Hemp for a Sustainable Future?’ looked at the social, economic and environmental benefits and drawbacks of growing hemp
Niall Hurson on 12 Jan 2021
Number of vets in Ireland passes 3,000
The Veterinary Council of Ireland has welcomed a number of new entrants to the profession and believes this influx of additional talent will benefit animal health and welfare in Ireland.
Niall Hurson on 09 Jan 2021
Cork port evacuated as grain store fire breaks out
The port has activated its emergency plan involving an evacuation of the area with fire brigade units arriving at the scene.
Amy Forde on 06 Jan 2021
Over €17.3m paid out in TB compensation in 2020
The vast majority of this compensation was through the On Farm Market Valuation scheme, where up to €14.1m was issued to farmers in 2020.
Jack Kennedy on 03 Jan 2021
Cork Marts to stay closed until 11 January
Farmers are urged to check with marts as some have postponed sales due to take place this week.
The Dealer on 30 Dec 2020
The show must go on
The organisers of Clonakility Agricultural Show have created something all breeders will enjoy.
Gary Abbott on 22 Dec 2020
Corkman's classic blue as good as new after lockdown restoration
Gary Abbott chatted with Ford enthusiast, Anthony Cronin, a Corkman who recently fulfilled his ambition to restore a classic Ford, A 7610 series III tractor that he happened to come across by chance.
Amy Forde on 22 Dec 2020
Over 250 farmers receive penalty points while driving tractors in 2020
The most common offence was driving a vehicle while holding a mobile phone, which attracts three penalty points a fine of €60.
Niall Hurson on 17 Dec 2020
Carbery holds milk price for November
Carbery is the fourth processor to announce its milk price for November.
Anne O'Donoghue on 16 Dec 2020
Living Life: painting the farm
In art college Rachel Burke’s final year project was based on her home farm in Cork. Coming full circle, in her new Kilkenny home she has undertaken an art project with farmers, writes Anne O’Donoghue
Anne O'Donoghue on 13 Dec 2020
Plucky customers
Robert Fitzsimmons grew up plucking turkeys by hand, and although things have changed and progressed since, the family turkey tradition is still very important to him, writes Anne O’Donoghue
Anne O'Donoghue on 09 Dec 2020
Plucky customers
Robert Fitzsimmons grew up plucking turkeys by hand, and although things have changed and progressed since, the family turkey tradition is still very important to him, writes Anne O’Donoghue
Paul Mooney on 09 Dec 2020
26ac of nice ground in west Cork
The land is equally centred between Skibbereen, Drinagh and Drimoleague.
Niall Hurson on 04 Dec 2020
Dairygold welcomes new board director
The board vacancy arose in the east Cork region due to the resignation of Edmund Lynch.
Katriona Kinsella on 02 Dec 2020
My Farming Week: Peter Whooley, Kilrussane, Knockraha, Co Cork
This week Katriona Kinsella speaks to Cork Christmas tree farmer Peter Whooley who has been growing Christmas trees since 2011.
Tommy Moyles on 01 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.