Financial Advice For Farmers

This September will see a significant change in the way applications for Grants of Probate and Letters of Administration are made in the Courts Service Probate Office and the District Probate Registries.

This change will modernise… Continue reading →

Applications for tranche four of the Environmental Farming Scheme (EFS) Wider Level will open on Monday, August 17, the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) Minister Edwin Poots has announced.

EFS contains a range of measures that farmers… Continue reading →

Veterinary Advice: Paul Redmond on how to care for your animals.

Many years ago, when I was a young boy in Mallow, we used to go down to the Blackwater river, to a spot that was favoured for swimming, called… Continue reading →

Masks not compulsory in marts but ICOS and ALM issue statement.

Customers attending marts are being asked where possible to wear face coverings on an ongoing basis.

While the wearing of face coverings in marts is not mandatory, and… Continue reading →

As we move out of lockdown, it appears that many workers will not be going back to the office. Physiotherapist Michelle Lacey has some tips to help minimise back pain

These unprecedented times have resulted in so many people adapting… Continue reading →

The Key Details

Details of the Beef Finishers Payment (BFP), an Exchequer funded scheme of €50 million to provide income support for up to 42,000 farmers with beef finishing enterprises, who have been impacted by the economic effects of… Continue reading →

Grants are available to get your facilities up to scratch – boosting labour efficiency and making your farm a safer place, write Tim Hyde and Tom Fallon

Good animal-handling facilities are not a ‘nice-to-have’ – they are crucial for efficiency… Continue reading →

Organisers have announced plans to take this year’s Open Farm Weekend event online after the 2020 event was postponed due to Covid-19 restrictions.

The event was initially planned to take place on Saturday, June 13, and Sunday, June 14.… Continue reading →

Soil compaction has become a significant problem on many farms with the typically wet Northern Irish climate and further exacerbated by the trend towards heavier machinery and more intensive grazing systems. This combined with a lack of maintenance of drainage… Continue reading →

‘Symptoms Included An Overwhelming Tiredness Which I Will Never Forget’

Lyme disease can have a devastating effect and Brian O’Briain counts himself lucky that he made a full recovery, writes Arlene Harris. Now he wants to warn others of the… Continue reading →