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Kitty's Kitchen Garden: oh my gourd - it's harvest time
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October is the month for clearing beds and planting winter hardy crops to provide some early harvest, writes Kitty Scully.
25 September 2024 Contracting
'Our running costs have soared by 45pc in three years,' says Cork contractor
Claire McCormack caught up with Padraig Noonan of Cork based Noonan Agri Contractors to find out more about the ins and outs of running a modern contracting business in 2024
22 September 2024 Forestry
Why a timber sales agreement and forest certification are important
Donal Whelan outlines the benefits of the ITGA template tree sales agreement for growers and the need to plan for forest certification.
Feeling the effects of late sowing this season
Weeks behind with harvest, it’s been a high-pressure year for Footprint Farmer Gareth Culligan in Co Louth.
18 September 2024 Footprint Farmers
Farmer Writes: spring barley set to be our harvest saviour
Good old spring barley, I thought to myself from the combine seat, it’s an unlikely saviour, but it will be the crop of the harvest, writes Gerald Potterton.
11 September 2024 Farmer Writes
Reap what you grow: September in the kitchen garden
It's a great time to reflect back and to reap the rewards of all your efforts in the garden as you enjoy your fruit and vegetables, writes Kitty Scully.
4 September 2024 Gardening
Home Farm: Will we have to house cattle this week?
I would expect to have the silage aftergrass growing vigorously at this stage, so that we could spread the cattle out across the place, but it’s too soon to let stock out on it yet.
4 September 2024 Viewpoints
Farmer Writes: visiting a 6,000ac farm in Canada
Padraig Callanan visits a farm in Canada where the cows are milked three times per day, at 4am, 12pm and 8pm, in a 12 unit double up, rapid exit parlour.
4 September 2024 Farmer Writes
Cantralisation of Tipperary co-op milk supply looks increasingly likely
Whatever merger, agreement or deal is struck or developed in the coming weeks, long term returns to milk suppliers on both sides must be central and must not be jeopardised,
28 August 2024 Viewpoints
Letter re potential fodder and feed gap
"It is high time that the rural TDs of the two main political parties take notice of what is happening on the ground in the dairy industry" - Patrick O’Connor, Grange, Clonmel, Co Tipperary
21 August 2024 Letters
Winter wheat harvest kicks off across country
The harvest continues with winter wheat being cut across the country over the last week and oilseed rape finishing up for some.
14 August 2024 News
Irish Horse: can I interest you in a cup of comfrey tea?
Helen Sharp swears by the purple flowered herb as a natural fertiliser.
7 August 2024 News