The farmer in me, accustomed to taking on dirty jobs, rolled my sleeve and stepped forward

It is the little gestures at challenging times like these that make a huge difference to someone's day, writes Aherla dairy farmer Paula Hynes.

Becky headed off on New Year's Eve to Australia to prep some animals for a show there

With the farm fully organized after our trip to Edinburgh, I had the opportunity to get off the farm for the day with Pete on the Monday after Men's Health Day as he was speaking at the Cultivating Mental Wellbeing In Rural Ireland conference in ...

The predominantly Holstein herd certainly enjoys the combined comfort and herd health with average production now at over 12,000 ltrs per cow

While it is all well and good to be investing in public transport, building cycle lanes and putting infrastructure for charging electric vehicles, the reality is our country is only catching up on that work which should already have been done prior to now.

Missing school is not ideal — but we think Becky will return to classes armed with a head and a heart full of life experiences after the show in Somerset

The rain has made for a superb month for growing grass

Thankfully, things were a bit more settled this week. Becky was very happy with how her interview went for the Certified Irish Angus Schools Competition, she was asked some technical questions, but had prepared well and was ready with her answers.

When we say the start of calving season is hectic, let me tell you I wasn’t prepared for how hectic our home life was this week.   Becky has been troubled with a back injury, which has been going on for a while.