Beef
A beef enterprise in Cork decided diversifying was needed to sustain the farm and saw an opportunity to open a driving academy.
Rural Life
The highlight for many, at this year's Carlow Garden Festival is Monty Don, a gardening guru who is renowned for his BBC gardening show 'Gardeners World' and among many other broadcasting shows.
Anyone planning on doing some gardening at the weekend or indeed over the next couple of weeks here are 10 jobs to keep you busy.
Environment
Anyone who planted forests in the last 17-20 years needs to check it now and see if it's ready for thinning, according to Maurice Ryan, Timber and Marketing Manager with Greenbelt
Dairy
Dutch dairy farmers were not able to cover their cost of milk production last year, according to figures from the Dutch Dairymen Board.
Sheep
One of the main causes of lameness in sheep is contagious ovine digital dermatitis.
Arable
Farmers' margins increase with hybrids was the take home messages from Seedtech's Commercial Director Aidan Moore at its open day.
A cash prize of €10,000 is up for grabs for dairy breeders at the 2015 Diageo Baileys Irish Champion Cow Competition which is now open for entries.
A total of over 2,500 acres of farm land has come on the market in the UK in three separate farms, with a total value of €24m, according to Farmers Weekly.
The humid weather over the last week is the ideal conditions for potato blight to establish.
Potato farmers in a rural corner of Canada have come under attack of a different sort; someone's been putting pins and nails in their potatoes.
