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....
Rural Life
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...
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
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...
Rural Life
'Down' on the farm - how one artist takes inspiration from the land
A Co. Down artist who specialises in painting animals takes inspiration from his brother-in-law’s beef farm. Aidan Sloan is originally...
N.Ireland
‘Down’ on the farm – how one artist takes inspiration from the land
A Co. Down artist who specialises in painting animals takes inspiration from his brother-in-law’s beef farm. Aidan Sloan is originally...
Rural Life
'Hydraulic drive systems are a possible alternative to PTOs'
In some instances, hydraulic drive systems could provide a possible alternative to PTOs (power take-offs), according to the Minister for...
Rural Life
Claas-ic machinery on show at Harvest Working Day this weekend
The De Courcey Classic and Vintage Club Harvest Working Day is set to take place on bank holiday Monday, August...
Rural Life
Striking gold with an oil farm enterprise
A Limavady woman developed a rapeseed oil enterprise after a meal to celebrate her first pregnancy and the completion of...