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11 March 2010
THE 29th annual Fatstock Show and Sale of beef and store bullocks saw a huge entry of 1,125 head on offer recently at Carnew Mart.
11 March 2010
IN IRELAND, bacterial contamination of water is a national concern, with the Environmental Protection Agency reporting that more than 25% of groundwater samples were contaminated with E-coli in the 2004 to 2006 period.
11 March 2010
CALLING all handsome farmers, have you got what it takes to become a pin-up?
25 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.
25 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.
25 February 2010
CHAIRMAN Tom Bolger welcomed everyone to the 23rd annual general meeting of Tullow Sheep Breeders at the Tara Arms recently.
10 December 2009
SPEAKING ahead of the upcoming local branch AGMs in Carlow, IFA chairman John Brennan has called on all members in the county to vote in the pending IFA elections, especially when Hacketstown man Derek Deane is seeking the role of IFA president.
10 December 2009
SPEAKING ahead of the upcoming local branch AGMs in Carlow, IFA chairman John Brennan has called on all members in the county to vote in the pending IFA elections, especially when Hacketstown man Derek Deane is seeking the role of IFA president.<
10 December 2009
IRISH farmers have joined the likes of the Dublin fire brigade by posing for a fun calendar, serving up a slice of 100% Irish beef for every month of 2010.
03 December 2009
IN RESPONSE to the price and cost squeeze being faced by farmers, with output prices falling on the one hand and costs rising on the other, Teagasc organised a conference entitled, A New Way of Farming, on farm partnerships and share farming, in Tipperary last week.


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