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Posted by The Analyst | 14 February 2020 | Politics
Kansans struggle without high-speed internet

The internet service was so bad at Citizens State Bank in Cottonwood Falls that its computers could hardly handle a routine update from Microsoft. So not too long ago, bank … Click to Continue »

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Posted by The Analyst | 14 February 2020 | Farming
Darragh McCullough: Will beef protests be just the start as farmers face penury while rich get richer?

I was talking to my Polish buyer the other day when the topic of wages came up. The only reason I'm able to sell flowers to Poland is that it's still far too cold for them to have anything resembling a daffodil blooming cheaply and cheerfully out in a field at this time of year....

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Posted by The Analyst | 14 February 2020 | Farming
John Joyce: Fodder beet has the cows in great nick ahead of the calving season

It's like the calm before the storm as the calving and lambing approaches. We have tried to get the yard ready as best we can and pre-empt problems that might occur during the season.

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Posted by The Analyst | 14 February 2020 | Farming
Helen Harris: Facts about farming are being lost in the social media blame game

We are just back from a couple of weeks with the ITLUS (Irish Tillage and Land Use Society) in Australia.

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Posted by The Analyst | 14 February 2020 | Farming
Farmer on bouncing back from a devastating a bovine TB outbreak to build up a thriving organic sheep farming business

Building resilience into any farm system is critical. It takes time but is something that should be top of the agenda for all farmers facing into a somewhat uncertain future.

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Posted by The Analyst | 14 February 2020 | Farming
‘Beltex are a meat machine… I find farmers who use a Beltex ram once will return’

Hugh O'Connell left school at a young age to go farming at home with his father and uncle near Ballivor, Co Meath.

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Posted by The Analyst | 14 February 2020 | Foreign Affairs
Official says avalanches in Afghanistan kill 21 people

A series of avalanches struck a central province in Afghanistan the previous day, killing at least 21 people, authorities said Friday. According to Ahmad Tameem Azimi, spokesman of the ministry … Click to Continue »

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