Farmers are being called on to help a midlands fundraiser. Tullamore Lions Club, in association with the farming community in the Midlands, is looking to raise funds to build a Level 3 Hospice in the midlands and has launched a community-based fundraiser, Hooves 4 Hospice.
The positive start to 2020 for sheep farmers continues this week with lamb prices now well and truly breaking through the €5/kg mark.
The difficulties encountered by tillage farmers in getting winter crops in the ground last autumn have been well documented but this opens the door to include spring beans into the farm crop mix. The recently published Teagasc eProfit monitor report for 2018 has shown that only fodder beet is delivering a higher margin for tillage...
Slurry spreading season kicks off this week with counties in Zone A allowed to spread as of yesterday. The opening dates for counties in Zones B (January 16) and C (February 1) are also fast approaching.
Between now and the end of March there will be approximately three million lambs born in Ireland.
The positive start to 2020 for sheep farmers continues this week with lamb prices now well and truly breaking through the €5/kg mark.
The difficulties encountered by tillage farmers in getting winter crops in the ground last autumn have been well documented but this opens the door to include spring beans into the farm crop mix. The recently published Teagasc eProfit monitor report for 2018 has shown that only fodder beet is delivering a higher margin for tillage...
