THE 29th annual Fatstock Show and Sale of beef and store bullocks saw a huge entry of 1,125 head on offer recently at Carnew Mart.
IN IRELAND, bacterial contamination of water is a national concern, with the Environmental Protection Agency reporting that more than 25% of groundwater samples were contaminated with E-coli in the 2004 to 2006 period.
CALLING all handsome farmers, have you got what it takes to become a pin-up?
BY SUZANNE PENDER
OUR feathered friends were out in force in Kiltegan recently, as the charmingly named Daisy Cottage Farm, hosted a poultry bring and buy sale.
A MAJOR study of the food supply chain, undertaken by The Irish Farmers’ Association, shows that farmers producing everyday food products are operating below breakeven and, on average, they are getting just one-third of the final retail price.
THE 38th Baltinglass annual show and sale was held over two days recently and proved to be even better than any previous event.
THE 38th Baltinglass annual show and sale was held over two days recently and proved to be even better than any previous event.
ADDRESSING a national pig farmers’ meeting in Portlaoise recently, IFA president John Bryan said the delay in introducing country-of-origin labelling was undermining local producers and deliberately misleading consumers.
“ARTISANS and good restaurateurs are bucking the economic trend”, says John McKenna.
THE Irish Horse Welfare Trust (IHWT), is looking for new homes for some of the rescued horses currently housed at the charity’s farm in Woodenbridge, Co Wicklow.