Many dairy farmers are currently operating 36-hour paddocks. There are benefits from a labour point of view, it makes life easier for first calvers and there may be a potential gain in milk output.
Q My husband is in a nursing home after suffering two strokes in succession a few years ago. While his health has not deteriorated too much in that time, he will be 80 next month and the nursing home he's in has had a few cases of Covid-19.
'I probably have the best view of the Rock of Cashel from my farm, as we're right under it here," says Erica O'Keeffe of her drystock farm.
A farmer who has had his entire flock of 14,000 free-range hens culled due to Avian flu has called on the Government to provide more protection for free-range egg producers.
The extent of the challenge facing rugby as it tries to return from the coronavirus shutdown has been laid bare by medical guidelines released by World Rugby that state matches will have to take place behind closed doors until a vaccine for Covid-19 has been found.
Reports of our caretaker government's death may be greatly exaggerated, to borrow a phrase from Mark Twain.
I have a guilty secret. Chances are you might too.
