ON THE FARM: Farming a white collar profession that pays blue collar salary
Farming columnist Joe Melody believes farmers need to show due diligence for any agri-environmental scheme that may arise in the near future.
Agriculture
ON THE FARM: A Land Use Plan would create myriad of unintended consequences
St Patrick’s Day is traditionally the day where a lot of pastoral farmers across the county would target to let cattle and sheep out to grass.
ON THE FARM: Anti-farming agenda growing on RTÉ
A sense of hope is emerging on the farms of Clare as the cycle of rebirth begins but an anti-farming agenda is developing on RTÉ, Joe Melody writes in his latest column for The Clare Echo.
ON THE FARM: Start to calving season in sight
Excitement is building on the Melody farm with the starting line for calving season in sight.
ON THE FARM: New Year heralds new hope & time to reflect
Clare Echo farming columnist Joe Melody reflects on 2020 from an agricultural perspective and points to a rallying in the dairy sector to make a decent year.
ON THE FARM: We can do well by doing good
We can do well by doing good. I believe that this statement is something generations of Clare farmers are a testament to.
‘Farmers should be allowed spread slurry year-round’ – Burke
Pressurised farmers have influenced Clare councillors to seek permission for them to be able to spread slurry all year round.
Farmers ‘demoralised by blame game’
Schemes “supporting sustainable agricultural production” need to be embraced to help a “demoralised” farming sector, one elected member of Clare County Council has declared.
‘We’re going to shake up the city’ – Clare farmers travel to Dublin for protest
Clare farmers will be among the thousand or so protesters driving to Leinster House on tractors highlighting their frustration with agriculture in the country.
Tulla veterinary clinic unable to extend premises due to derelict buildings
Neighbouring derelict buildings in Tulla are preventing one business from expanding on their premises.