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Posted by The Analyst | 19 May 2019 | Farming
Trial hears dairy farmer among five men deceived into transferring approximately €1.765 million into bank accounts

A man has gone on trial charged with deceiving five men into transferring approximately €1.765 million total into bank accounts he controlled.

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Posted by The Analyst | 19 May 2019 | Farming
Omega lambs and fitbit cows: New Zealand responds to alternative protein threat

At Dave Harper's family farm in New Zealand's scenic Canterbury region, a painstakingly bred flock of lambs is grazing, not on grass, but on a field of herbs selected to unlock healthy omega-3 fatty acids in the animals' meat.

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Posted by The Analyst | 19 May 2019 | Farming
Legal advice: Neighbouring farmers leaving our road in an awful state. Can I use a right away to stop them?

Q.We live at the end of a 'right of way' and are the only house on this right of way. Ourselves and three other farming families have the right of way on the road. However most of the rest of the land, except our own, is rented to other farmers. Between ourselves and the three...

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Posted by The Analyst | 19 May 2019 | Farming
Ewe can rely on this Royal contractor

Cathal Swan, his wife Julie and their son Shane farm at Skyrne, close to Tara in Co Meath.

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Posted by The Analyst | 19 May 2019 | Farming
‘We’ll never go back to the days of having three butchers in a town’

'There's a time for everything - working in an abattoir is a young person's game." That's according to farmer, butcher and abattoir owner Dominic Feely, who has decided to put his abattoir facility in Daingean, Co Offaly up for sale.

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Posted by The Analyst | 19 May 2019 | Farming
‘Heavy soil farmers may have to work more land, but return on assets is high’

A new study has found that efficient dairy farms operating on poorly drained soils can be as profitable as those on drier land.

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Posted by The Analyst | 19 May 2019 | Breaking News
Final round of voting under way in India’s marathon elections

Indians are voting in the seventh and final phase of national elections, wrapping up a six-week-long long, gruelling campaign season.

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