Agri events guide
Connemara Pony Breeders’ Society Spring Festival, colt inspections at Mullingar Equestrian Centre, 10am
Connemara Pony Breeders’ Society Spring Festival showjumping competition, Showgrounds, Clifden,11am. Annual stallion parade, 12 noon
Limerick and Tipperary Woodland Owners AGM, Newport Community Centre, Co Tipperary, 10.30am, starts with a tour of a local conifer plantation, followed by the AGM for paid up members at 2pm, attendees can join on the day.
Point to point horse racing, Ballynoe, Co Cork; and Monksgrange, Enniscorthy, Co Wexford
Kilbrittain ploughing match, enquiries to 087-2324322
Bandon Mart premier pedigree bull show and sale in association with Cork Holstein Friesian Club, Munster Aberdeen Angus Breeders Club, Irish Hereford Breed Society, Irish Simmental Southern Club, Cork Limousin Breeders Club
Embrace FARM open information evening, Castleoaks House Hotel, Castleconnell, Limerick, 8pm for families with direct experience of bereavement, loss and accident survival
Corrin Mart special EBI heifer sale
Point to point horse racing, Dromahane, Mallow, Co Cork
Small Food Business Start-Up Seminar, 8am-1pm, Clayton Hotel Silver Springs, Cork, free to attend, see fsai.ie website for details and to book.
Teagasc/Glanbia (GII) Monitor Farm Walk, 11am, farm of Donal O’Reilly, Bishops Island, Watergrasshill, Co Cork. Topics: financial and infrastructure planning on expanding farms; long term planning; cash flow management; improving submission rate
Teagasc organic demonstration farm walk, 2pm, Kildinan Farm, Ballyhooly, Co Cork (horticulture, salads, poultry and direct sales)
Teagasc/Forest Service management of young forests advice walk, meet at car park, Rossmore, Clonakilty, 7 pm, visit to four-year-old agroforestry and eight-year-old conifer sites
- Send event details to farm.ed@examiner.ie or Irish Examiner, Linn Dubh, Assumption Road, Blackpool, Cork.
