Machinery
End of Land Rover Defender production sparks spate of UK thefts
In January, the Land Rover Defender reached the end of the road as the last of the iconic model rolled...
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Roz Purcell found out about insect farming on Big Week on the Farm
The penultimate episode of Big Week on the Farm was an eventful one, with guest presenter Roz Purcell tasting live...
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Big week on the farm to feature camogie star and a chicken-plucking challenge
Last night, on the second episode of RTE’s Big Week on the Farm, viewers saw country singer Nathan Carter deliver...
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Driving a tractor on a motorway - legal or not?
A farmer in the UK was arrested recently for driving at snails pace on a motorway in the UK, where...
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Record breaking Big Week on the Farm
The first night of RTE’s Big Week on the Farm saw Donegal man Ivan Scott shear his way to a...
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Man taken to hospital after crashing into trailer with hay bales
A man in his mid-30s was taken to hospital on Saturday last, April 2, after the vehicle he was driving...
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Farming traditions in the Burren to be celebrated
Farmers and ecologists will come together later this month to celebrate the Burren in Bloom festival, organised by the Burrenbeo...
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Embrace Farm to establish support group for the mid-west
Embrace Farm, the bereavement support group for those affected by farm accidents, is to extend its network with a new...
N.Ireland
Over 50% of gay people in rural areas ‘feel compelled to move to urban areas’
More than half of gay people who have always lived in rural areas of feel more compelled to move to a...
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You've one week left to micro-chip and register your dog
Dog owners in the Republic have one week left to comply with new law and micro-chip their dogs. March 31 is...
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Stuck behind a tractor for 2 miles? It's really not costing you much time
Being stuck behind a tractor really won’t cost you that much time, motorists are being told as the number of...
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Here's five horses with farming connections to keep an eye on at Cheltenham
In preparation for the four-day Cheltenham extravaganza, we looked at some of the runners, riders and trainers at the Cotswolds’...
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Research shows that children who grow up on dairy farms develop less allergies
Children who grow up on dairy farms are less likely to develop allergies such as asthma or hay fever, a...
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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...
Sheep
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...