Agriculture Archives

Clare local Eoin Collins stars in new series, ‘Contractors’

Arts and Entertainment, News / By clareecho1

‘CONTRACTORS’ is a fascinating seven-part observational entertainment based documentary series exploring the working lives and personal narratives of 7 agricultural contracting families from diverse locations over a critical six month period from April to September: a unique practical and personal insight into contemporary life in rural Ireland. Featuring 7 feisty contracting crews from Limerick, Kerry, …

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ON THE FARM: Farming a white collar profession that pays blue collar salary

Opinion / By clareecho1

Farming columnist Joe Melody believes farmers need to show due diligence for any agri-environmental scheme that may arise in the near future.

ON THE FARM: A Land Use Plan would create myriad of unintended consequences

Opinion / By clareecho1

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

Home, Opinion / By clareecho1

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

Home, Opinion / By clareecho1

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

Home, Opinion / By Paraic McMahon

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

Home, Opinion / By Paraic McMahon

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

Home, News / By Paraic McMahon

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’

Home, News / By Paraic McMahon

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

Home, News / By Paraic McMahon

Clare farmers will be among the thousand or so protesters driving to Leinster House on tractors highlighting their frustration with agriculture in the country.

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