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Beef
In pictures: Castleisland fat stock show and sale
Tommy Moyles
Castleisland Mart had a successful fat stock show and sale during the week with a full yard of fantastic stock on offer.
5 September 2024 Property
Blueberry farm with plenty of potential on the market
Established in the 1960s, the farm is now home to around 9,000 blueberry bushes and a packing shed. It has recently come on the market and is for sale by private treaty.
4 September 2024 Farmer Writes
Farmer Writes: trip to Tipp got me thinking
A discussion group visit to the Teagasc dairy calf to beef farm in Tipperary got Tommy Moyles wondering how it fits into the future of Irish farming.
Playing the hand that you're dealt
Adapting to weather and land fragmentation are common obstacles that suckler farmers living in south Kerry have to overcome
28 August 2024 Breeding & health
Super demand for weanling bulls in Kenmare
There was no shortage of demand for quality weanling bulls in Kenmare Mart at its weanling show and sale on Thursday last.
26 August 2024 Markets
South Kerry suckler farmers have their say
Tommy Moyles recently met a number of younger suckler farmers in south Kerry. Over the next two weeks, we will hear their views on the challenges and opportunities for the sector in the area.
21 August 2024 Breeding & health
Camera at the Mart: farmers compete with exporters in Ennis
While exporters have dominated the weanling bull trade over the summer, farmers have started to become more active recently, according Ennis Mart manager Martin McNamara.
21 August 2024 Markets
Farmer Writes: Dealing with the present and planning for the future
Scanning results are in for the heifers on Tommy Moyles' farm at Ardfield, Clonakilty while the consequences of the weather mean decisions regarding grazing keep changing.
21 August 2024 Farmer Writes
Simplicity key to success in Timoleague
Labour efficiency and replacement breeding strategies were among the main topics covered at the Carbery Milk Quality farm walk recently.
14 August 2024 Breeding & health
12 calves die after falling off cliff in west Cork
A dozen calves were lost in the incident that occurred between Thursday night and Friday afternoon.
13 August 2024 News
Farmer Writes: farming is at a spaghetti junction
Is the appetite there to retain agricultural economic activity in the peripheral parts of the country, wonders Tommy Moyles.
7 August 2024 Farmer Writes
In pictures: herding sheep on Middle Calf Island, west Cork
Tommy Moyles recently spent a day on Middle Calf Island in the middle of Roaringwater Bay in west Cork as Neily O'Leary and Michael Collins tended to a flock of sheep there.
4 August 2024 News