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Farming
03 March 2010
BY SUZANNE PENDER
OUR feathered friends were out in force in Kiltegan recently, as the charmingly named Daisy Cottage Farm, hosted a poultry bring and buy sale.
03 March 2010
A MAJOR study of the food supply chain, undertaken by The Irish Farmers’ Association, shows that farmers producing everyday food products are operating below breakeven and, on average, they are getting just one-third of the final retail price.
24 February 2010
A LARGE attendance of farmers and people working in the bioenergy sector turned out for the Energy Crops Technical Training Day and Harvesting Demonstration which took place at the Teagasc Crops Research Centre, Oak Park, Carlow last week.
24 February 2010
TRACEY O’Connor from Burton Hall, Carlow, a third-year student in agricultural science at UCD, has been awarded a scholarship by the Agricultural Science Association (ASA) to support the cost of completing part of her training in Tanzania.
24 February 2010
CHAIRMAN Tom Bolger welcomed everyone to the 23rd annual general meeting of Tullow Sheep Breeders at the Tara Arms recently.
17 February 2010
BY BRENDAN LAWRENCE
Over 85 competitors turned sods of various sizes and shapes at the well-attended Carlow Ploughing Championships outside Bagenalstown recently.
17 February 2010
Two very exciting equine educational events themed ‘Steps to Successful Breeding’ are planned for Thursday, 18 and Wednesday, 24 February at Doyle’s Equestrian Centre, Rathvilly, Carlow and Ravensdale Equine Centre, Dundalk, Co. Louth, respectively.
17 February 2010
IFA President John Bryan and National Sheep Chairman James Murphy met the Minister for Agriculture Brendan Smith on sheep in Dublin.
10 February 2010
ADDRESSING a national pig farmers’ meeting in Portlaoise recently, IFA president John Bryan said the delay in introducing country-of-origin labelling was undermining local producers and deliberately misleading consumers.
10 February 2010
THE 38th Baltinglass annual show and sale was held over two days recently and proved to be even better than any previous event.




 



 

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