Garry Walsh took the plunge into the agricultural contracting business in 2010 when he saw a silage harvester for sale and decided to go out on his own, having spent a few years working as a driver after leaving school.
Garry Walsh took the plunge into the agricultural contracting business in 2010 when he saw a silage harvester for sale and decided to go out on his own, having spent a few years working as a driver after leaving school.
Paddy Stokes' retirement plans have been stolen from him by ash dieback. Already past pension age, the Tipperary farmer was looking to his ash plantation as his pension plot, but 30 years of deliberate and careful planning has been destroyed by the disease.
Colin Marry's 800-sow unit would be classified as an average-sized pig farm, but he's anything but an average farmer.
Lambs at Lyons Farm were weaned last week at an average age of 81 days or just over 11 weeks. This is approximately three weeks earlier than normal for us - the decision to wean was precipitated by poor grass supply arising from a severe soil moisture deficit.
The hard work of rearing spring-born calves is over - they are weaned off milk, eating lots of concentrate and are out on lush green pasture.
Energy costs are one of the highest fixed costs on dairy farms, but savings of up to €1,800 per annum can be made by adopting simple energy-efficient technologies.
