The selling agents say they can sell the farm with or without the house

A weekend of reasonable weather, a third consecutive Munster Senior Football Championship Final win to celebrate, and the annual Kingdom County Fair made it a joy to be in Kerry this past weekend.

Despite a fun fair, puppet show, dog show, trade stalls, vintage machinery, and more, the crowd was drawn ringside on Sunday at the Kingdom County Fair.

Many competing on the weekend said that the Kingdom County Fair was a great start to the season for them.

The bad weather has made a challenging start to spring for Nenagh-based sheep and suckler farmer Des Powell.

The scheme aims at mimicking natural vegetation establishment processes in high, dry areas and on slopes that are not suitable for re-wetting.

Anything that will stand still could well be getting a haircut in the near future, on the Hynes farm over the next few weeks. 

As calving is basically finished, with one cow left to calve, my attention has turned to the coming breeding season.

The establishment of winter crops in late 2022 was a difficult task. The removal of the seed dressing ‘Redigo Deter’ from the market has left early sown winter barley vulnerable to barley yellow dwarf virus.

I don't know about you guys, but I have had enough of this weather already. The ground is soaked and a soggy mess.

"However, the pathway is much clearer and the profitability potential in sheep milk farming has made people be more proactive."

Things have been going well on the farm this month. I have over 85% of the cows calved at this stage, and thankfully, all is going well so far.

Men of Ireland, I challenge you to do one small thing to make sure the farm women of your ancestry are properly celebrated

The prime South Tipperary grassland farm had a strong history of multiple usage and was offered in possible lots

A number of live criminal investigations are underway in connection with recent gorse fires, according to Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage Malcolm Noonan.

I have got my opening round of fertiliser out. At the start of last week, I applied 20 units of protected urea per acre.

Calving has most definitely zoomed past the halfway mark this week - I reckon the ladies passed a memo around and told each other that we weren't busy enough, so they cranked it up another notch.

The beef processors have tightened their grip on the purse strings this week when it comes to buying finished cattle for slaughter as supply reaches a year-to-date high. "They've cut them.

Initially, Ken Flynn, farm manager and lecturer at Gurteen College, said he thought the only benefit of protected urea over CAN was getting more nitrogen for less money, now it's replaced 88% of the farm's CAN.

Paula reflects on a busy week on the farm and shares her secrets to surviving the madness of peak calving.

Things don't always go to plan on the farm at calving time, so it's crucial to know how to take early intervention. Farm vet Hazell Mullins shares her tips for emergency calf survival.

I ordered my protected urea for the early part of the year from Drinagh Co-op at the start of February, and it was delivered two days later. I had no issues in sourcing it so far, and I am aiming to continue using it throughout the grazing season.

Suppliers are adamant that they cannot continue in business at current prices.

As much as €25,000 an acre was paid for Irish agricultural land in 2022, a new report on land prices has revealed.

Lamb producers are feeling one certainty about the return from their enterprise, and it is a very definite "uncertainty" of the pay cheque.