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In pictures: planting and managing hedgerows on the Footprint Farms
Kelsey Daly
Across the country, the lush hedgerows of Footprint Farms display rich biodiversity, showcasing the role these living borders play in supporting wildlife and sustainable farming. Kelsey Daly reports.
In pictures: planting and managing hedgerows on the Footprint Farms
 
 
Harvest continues with varied yields
Tillage
Harvest continues with varied yields
Malting barley and planting oilseed rape
Tillage
Malting barley and planting oilseed rape
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Farm Programmes
Farming for heritage in Co Longford
Tillage
Spring harvest just around the corner
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FOOTPRINT FARMERS
In pictures: planting and managing hedgerows on the Footprint Farms
Kelsey Daly
In pictures: planting and managing hedgerows on the Footprint Farms
Across the country, the lush hedgerows of Footprint Farms display rich biodiversity, showcasing the role these living borders play in supporting wildlife and sustainable farming. Kelsey Daly reports.
Farming for heritage in Co Longford
Brendan Dunford
Farming for heritage in Co Longford
Restoring a natural equilibrium and balancing competing interests has yielded rich dividends for one midlands farmer, writes Brendan Dunford.
Trialing multispecies swards in Laois
Kelsey Daly
Trialing multispecies swards in Laois
Andrew Mulhare planted a small area of multispecies sward on his farm as an experiment to 'see how it goes', reports Kelsey Daly.
Finishing lambs and going to the Dublin Horse Show
Kelsey Daly
Finishing lambs and going to the Dublin Horse Show
In Wexford, the horse shows are Ciara Kinsella’s social outings as all lambs are taken to the local factory.
FROM THE TRAMLINES
Harvest continues with varied yields
Conor Kehoe
Harvest continues with varied yields
This week, Conor Kehoe talks to farmers in Kilkenny, Westmeath, and Down as farmers continue to battle the weather to harvest their crops.
Malting barley and planting oilseed rape
Conor Kehoe
Malting barley and planting oilseed rape
This week, Conor Kehoe talks to farmers in Derry, Dublin and Tipperary, as spring crops begin to be harvested.
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TULLAMORE FARM
Watch: counting the health costs and cow technology costs on Tullamore Farm
Adam Woods
Watch: counting the health costs and cow technology costs on Tullamore Farm
Shaun Diver explains why the farm has installed health monitoring and heat detection collars on Tullamore Farm.
Watch: counting the health costs and cow technology costs on Tullamore FarmSPONSORED
Watch: counting the health costs and cow technology costs on Tullamore Farm
Shaun Diver explains why the farm has installed health monitoring and heat detection collars on Tullamore Farm.
Sucklers or sheep: which left biggest margins?SPONSORED
Sucklers or sheep: which left biggest margins?
Adam Woods takes a look at the Tullamore Farm financial performance for 2023.
Tullamore Farm: fodder budget complete as second cut settles in pitsSPONSORED
Tullamore Farm: fodder budget complete as second cut settles in pits
With the second cut pit now settled, a fodder budget has been done on Tullamore Farm to assess fodder stock for the winter ahead.
Heat-detection collars facilitating 100% AI in Tullamore FarmSPONSORED
Heat-detection collars facilitating 100% AI in Tullamore Farm
One of the key differences implemented on the farm this year, was the purchase of heat-detection collars for the suckler herd.
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