With mating approaching the 12 week mark on many farms, the bulls should now have been removed from the cows.
Oldtown House is a Victorian estate on 180ac at Oldtown near the picturesque village of Ardagh in Co Longford. The property is for sale as an entire with a guide price of €750,000.
Farming entrepreneur Mary Murphy has proven that the sky is truly the limit for her invention of the sheep marking gun as she was recently announced as one of five recipients of Sky's €140,000 Women in Technology scholarship programme.
Storm Powell travelled to Kilcullen Mart last week to hear farmers' views on Mercosur, the Beef Plan protest and the future of farming.
The long summer evenings allows time for contemplation and over the recent past we have witnessed a lot of discussion about the negative aspects of red meat production, and the potential for alternative meats, or 'lab-grown meats' to replace the need for red meat production.
Russian police have cracked down fiercely on demonstrators in central Moscow, arresting more than 1,000 people who were protesting against the exclusion of some opposition candidates from an upcoming election to the city council.
A top Omani diplomat has travelled to Tehran for talks after weeks of volatility over the Strait of Hormuz, including the recent seizure by Iranian authorities of a British-flagged tanker.
