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Home Farm: sunny days and cool nights good for the oilseed rape
Matt Dempsey
The oilseed rape is now at petal fall and the glorious vibrant yellow will slowly turn into a murky brown over the next few weeks.
9 April 2025 News
Old-style meadow lettings making a comeback
The general run of prices is €150/ac for a single cut and €250/ac where a second cut is taken.
19 February 2025 News
Three males in mid-teens arrested over fire at Kildare stud farm
The incident took place on Friday 7 February, in which three sheds were damaged and 600 hay and straw bales were burned.
Sheds and bales burned in arson attack on Kildare stud farm
The recent fire at Rathasker Stud, near Naas, is the 10th known arson attack in the area in little over a year.
18 February 2025 News
Farmer Writes: hay shed ripped asunder
Travelling anywhere on the roads shows just how extreme the wind was, with fallen/broken trees everywhere and buildings damaged.
29 January 2025 Farmer Writes
Storm Éowyn photos: what sort of damage was done on your farm?
Send us in any photos of the damage on your farm in the aftermath of storm Éowyn.
24 January 2025 News
Farmer Writes: a battle with front loader
Karen McCabe walked slap bang into the edge of the scoop on the front loader where she learned that head wounds do indeed bleed rather profusely.
18 December 2024 Farmer Writes
Acute shortage of hay as supplies tighten
Local traders confirmed that supplies of Irish hay and haylage were extremely tight and getting tighter.
11 December 2024 News
'The biggest problem coming for us is the wolf,' says Austrian farmer
“There were no wolves here for 200 years. The iron curtain opened up due to political changes, and since then the wolves are coming from the east." Claire McCormack reports.
27 November 2024 Feature
Traditional hay milk farming makes a profitable comeback in Austria
While Johann Schinwald farms using the traditional Austrian hay milk method, he has invested in modern technology to make this work. Claire McCormack reports.
20 November 2024 Feature