The €1m fodder import scheme announced yesterday will reduce the cost of a bale of hay to farmers by about one third, according to Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney.

Historically, the market for cooked meats was in bulk product, that was then sliced in the corner shop and the supermarket. This is rapidly changing and the market is now demanding product that is ready sliced and ready to go

JUDGES found exceptional cleanliness on the farm of Michael and Thomas Enright from Ballynorth, Askeaton, Co Limerick, overall winners of the 2011 National Dairy Council Quality Milk Awards.

CORK city council followed the county council’s lead and is making grit and salt available to the public this weekend.

THE search is on to find this year’s top dairy farmers with the invitation of nominations for the National Dairy Council Quality Milk Awards.

EXHIBITORS at the National Dairy Show will take great pride in the National Dairy Council quality milk win for one of their members, Brochan Cocoman.

SIX farmers have been short-listed as finalists in the National Dairy Council (NDC) Quality Milk Awards, the national competition which sets out to identify and reward the country’s top dairy farmer.

A period residence and a fertile west Cork farm is the unbeatable combination introduced to the market this week by John Hodnett of SWS Property Services.

TWO Bandon firms, SWS and local contractor James P Fleming have embarked on a €100 million-plus wind farm project in Hungary.

A SMALL dairy co-operative in West Cork has bought a wind farm in a Northern border town at the cost of 8 million — because it has been unable to build one locally.

FOR about 20 years we have witnessed the rebuilding and regeneration of the centres of our major cities and towns through tax incentives.