Rural Life
Pics: Eye-catching classic tractors turn the sod at Cooley ploughing festival
The 2017 Convoy to Cooley Peninsula Ploughing Festival took place this weekend; the event was hosted in Riverstown. The festival included...
Rural Life
Agri-Business
Co. Down ice cream rises to top in indulgence market
A trip to an orchard near Ljubljana, Slovenia, proved to be a ‘light bulb’ moment for Co. Down farmer, Will...
Rural Life
Beware fake inspectors, livestock transporters warned
Truck drivers hauling animals should be on alert for fake animal welfare inspectors, officials in Northern Ireland have said. The...
N.Ireland
Beware fake inspectors, livestock transporters warned
Truck drivers hauling animals should be on alert for fake animal welfare inspectors, officials in Northern Ireland have said. The...
National Ploughing Championships
Irish ploughing team departs for Europe-wide competition
Two members of the Irish ploughing team – Jer Coakley from Cork and Dan Donnelly from Wexford – departed for...
Machinery
Video: Watch this manure-powered feed lorry in action
A US organic dairy farmer has recently developed an electric feed lorry to feed his cows – powered by manure....
Machinery
Pics: Classic and vintage tractors draw the punters at Moynalty festival
The Moynalty Steam Threshing Festival took place yesterday (Sunday, August 13). The event attracted visitors not just from Co. Meath...
Rural Life
Pics: Tullamore Show enjoys clear skies and a bustling crowd
The 2017 Tullamore Show and AIB National Livestock Show took place today (Sunday, August 13) on the grounds of the...
N.Ireland
Co. Down farmer helps to rear barn owl chicks
A Co. Down farmer has been helping to rear three barn owl chicks after the adult male was injured on...
Rural Life
Co. Down farmer helps to rear barn owl chicks
A Co. Down farmer has been helping to rear three barn owl chicks after the adult male was injured on...
N.Ireland
Newly-appointed conservation advisor leads east Down farming project
The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) has just appointed Sean Woods as Conservation Advisor to lead the ‘Farming...
Rural Life
Newly-appointed conservation advisor leads east Down farming project
The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) has just appointed Sean Woods as Conservation Advisor to lead the ‘Farming...
N.Ireland
Tyrone’s International Miss Macra back in wellies after big win
Newly crowned International Miss Macra, Lynsay Hawkes, was back in her wellies on her dad, Kenny’s dairy farm outside Omagh,...
Rural Life
Tyrone's International Miss Macra back in wellies after big win
Newly crowned International Miss Macra, Lynsay Hawkes, was back in her wellies on her dad, Kenny’s dairy farm outside Omagh,...
Rural Life
Pics: Wealth of classics and nostalgia at midlands vintage day
The ‘Camross Vintage Road Run and Day in Grass’ was held in the village of Camross, Co. Laois, last Sunday,...
N.Ireland
Tyrone man fined for illegal waste disposal
A Tyrone man was fined for waste offences yesterday, August 8, according to the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural...
N.Ireland
Construction company fined for waterway pollution
A Northern Irish construction firm was fined for causing pollution to a waterway in Co. Derry this week, according to the...
N.Ireland
Construction company fined for waterway pollution
A Northern Irish construction firm was fined for causing pollution to a waterway in Co. Derry this week, according to the...
