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Pre-tax profits almost double at Limerick-based Sysco Foods

Agri-Business

Pre-tax profits almost double at Limerick-based Sysco Foods

By Gordon Deegan Pre-tax profits at the Irish arm of US food giant Sysco Foods last financial year almost doubled...
Inquest: 85 year old nun died after crossing white line into JCB tractor

Rural Life

Inquest: 85 year old nun died after crossing white line into JCB tractor

By Gordon Deegan An inquest has heard that an 85-year old nun died from injuries after her car crossed the...
Dairy farmer solves livestock transport problem with trailer invention

Machinery

Dairy farmer solves livestock transport problem with trailer invention

By Chris McCullough When Northern Ireland dairy farmer James McKeown wanted to purchase a cattle body to fit onto his...
Dairy Focus: Making changes to futureproof Hungary farm

Dairy

Dairy Focus: Making changes to futureproof Hungary farm

By Chris McCullough The dairy industry in Hungary has taken a beating in recent years forcing some dairy farmers out...
Time to consider summer dosing for dairy beef animals

Beef Technical

Time to consider summer dosing for dairy beef animals

As the summer grazing season is now in full swing farmers are being urged to consider dosing strategies for dairy...
Farmer who made false statement about cattle loses appeal

Rural Life

Farmer who made false statement about cattle loses appeal

By Ryan Dunne A 52-year-old Roscommon farmer who made a false statement to gardaí that his cattle were missing, when...
Cork agri haulage company and driver fined over tachograph

Rural Life

Cork agri haulage company and driver fined over tachograph

By David Forsythe An agricultural haulage company and a driver employed by the company have both been fined in the...
Additional jail term for man convicted of ‘horrific assault’ on farmer

Rural Life

Additional jail term for man convicted of ‘horrific assault’ on farmer

A 75-year-old farmer and retired school teacher has branded a man who subjected him to “a horrific assault” as “a coward,...
Court security raised with gardaí in relation to cow dung case

Rural Life

Court security raised with gardaí in relation to cow dung case

By Gordon Deegan A judge has requested gardaí to address court security issues at Gort courthouse ahead of the case where a...
Focus: Good breeding in couple’s sheep dairy flock in Greece

Sheep

Focus: Good breeding in couple’s sheep dairy flock in Greece

By Chris McCullough An ambitious young couple milking 350 sheep in Greece have future plans not only to expand the...
Focus: Rearing free range Iberian pigs on acorns

Pig/Poultry

Focus: Rearing free range Iberian pigs on acorns

By Chris McCullough In an idyllic region of southern Spain seemingly unaffected as yet by climate change, a special breed...
Court: Agricultural contractor given prison sentence for fraud

Rural Life

Court: Agricultural contractor given prison sentence for fraud

By Jessica Magee An agricultural contractor from Leitrim has been sentenced in court to two and a half years in...
Approval for solar farm in Meath despite loss of agri land

Environment

Approval for solar farm in Meath despite loss of agri land

By Gordon Deegan The owner of Tara Mines, Boliden has secured planning permission to develop a €20 million 18MW solar...
Farm family objects to planned 50MW wind farm in Clare

Rural Life

Farm family objects to planned 50MW wind farm in Clare

By Gordon Deegan One farm family has said that a planned 50MW wind farm for their area in southeast Clare...
Irishman breeding medium-sized cows for new dairy farm in Oz

Dairy

Irishman breeding medium-sized cows for new dairy farm in Oz

By Chris McCullough Producing a cow that can walk long distances and cope with rolling hills is an important breeding...
McConalogue ordered to pay €30,000 for unfair dismissal of driver

Rural Life

McConalogue ordered to pay €30,000 for unfair dismissal of driver

By Gordon Deegan A State workplace watchdog has ordered that a former driver for Minister of Agriculture, Food and the...
Woman who denied being a farmer liable for €74,727 excise bill

Rural Life

Woman who denied being a farmer liable for €74,727 excise bill

By Gordon Deegan A widowed and retired shop assistant, who denied being a farmer, has been saddled with an excise...
Breeding: Dairy farmers urged to consider value of offspring

Dairy

Breeding: Dairy farmers urged to consider value of offspring

With the breeding season just around the corner for the spring-calving dairy herds, farmers have been advised to carefully think...
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