As a youngster I dreaded returning to school in September and although I'm very glad to see my own children reuniting with friends and experiencing a little more ‘normality' in their lives, part of me will miss the company on the yard, the willing helpers for herding and their eagerness to slip so easily away...
Thousands of farmers will get an income boost this week after the Department of Agriculture confirmed it is set to issue payments under the Areas of Natural Constraints Scheme.
These are fraught times — the return to school is as unpredictable and unsteady as a foal's first attempt to stand. Our new government is lurching from hiccup to crisis.
Ask any vet and they will tell you — there are no easy calvings any more.
Donegal land made a record price last week when a 10ac plot at Gulladoo outside Moville sold for €360,000 or €36,000/ac. This is the highest per-acre price paid for land in the country this year — the closest is €20,000/ac paid for farms in Kildare and Wexford.
Strong European retail sales are helping to underpin dairy commodity markets and the outlook for milk prices despite the uncertainty surrounding Brexit.
‘There's no sugar-coating this,” Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney cautioned as he detailed his bleak assessment of the worst- and best-case Brexit scenarios for farmers this week.
