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10 tunes to rock your cab this slurry season
Milder, drier weather is on the way and with it brings slurry and fertiliser spreading. So, in order to help...
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'We sleep with loaded shotguns..it's not a question of if they'll be used it's how soon'
Farmers in parts of rural Ireland are sleeping with loaded shotguns and it’s not a question of if they’ll be...
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Over 100 sheep killed in the UK's worst sheep attack ever
In what has been described by experts as the UK’s worst sheep-worrying incident in living memory more than one hundred...
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'Carry on designing kitchens or take over managing the farm?'
Some 13% of farms in Ireland are owned by women and with today, March 8, being International Women’s Day to...
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Date to have your dog micro-chipped is fast approaching
Dog owners and breeders in the Republic of Ireland have until March 31, 2016 to comply with new laws which...
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Video: Meet the cow trained to jump like a horse
A 15-year-old girl in Germany has trained her cow to jump like a horse, after her parents told her she couldn’t...
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Rural crime: Trespassers instill fear among farmers
One farmer in north Co. Dublin is sick of being the victim of rural crime and thinks it’s time for...
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Embrace FARM sets up fourth support network
Bereavement support group Embrace FARM is to extend its network to Westmeath and it is meeting this Friday to kick-start...
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Proposing this Valentine's Day? Here's some farming-related ideas
Are you planning on getting down on one knee this Valentine’s Day and proposing to your other half? If you’re...
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Pig shows up at US polling station - not the first time an animal has turned up unexpectedly!
This week at the New Hampshire in the US, a pig showed up at a polling station where voters were deciding...
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Video: This is a calving with a difference!
Calving has begun on many farms across the country and there are plenty of videos on social media of happy...
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Video: How not to go around a corner with a trailer of bales
This is what happens when you go around a corner too fast with a trailer load of bales. YouTube user 66201056...
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Video: Sowing corn with four restored Ford tractors
Before winter arrived, the Kanes in Barnhill, Castledermot, Co. Kildare were busy into the night sowing corn. This great footage...
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Video: Great footage of the wheat harvest in Norway last year
https://youtu.be/ibYDrcYAyQ8 This great drone footage from Norway shows the 2015 wheat harvest in the south of the country. It was...
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'Farming is a lonely occupation and this has a negative impact on mental health'
Farming is a lonely occupation and this has a negative impact on the mental health of farmers, according to Ashlinn...
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Real men don't eat quiche - maybe they should! A guide to healthy eating
Irish men are getting bigger – expanding outwards rather than upwards – and farmers are no different but healthy eating...
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How many of these slurry guidelines do you follow on the farm?
Drowning and gas poisoning are the two major health and safety problems when it comes to slurry. Drowning is the...
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RTE capture terrible footage of an almost fully submerged farm yard in Galway
Heavy rainfall continues to cause significant damage to farms across the country. RTE today posted on its facebook page incredible...
