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.
Joe Melody
ON THE FARM: Make farming a career path for all background, ethnicities & genders
Farming needs to be developed as a career path for young people to add a vibrancy and energy to the industry, farming columnist Joe Melody opines.
ON THE FARM: Healthy animals leads to healthy food which makes healthy people
Healthy food leads to healthy people says The Clare Echo’s farming columnist Joe Melody who admits daily messaging from health officials surrounding the virus are missing a trick.
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.
ON THE FARM: Optics exists surrounding the cheque from Brussels
Optics do not reveal the whole story when it comes to ‘the cheque from Brussels’ received by farmers according to Clare Echo farming columnist Joe Melody.
ON THE FARM: Pyne family demonstrate what is possible with correct attitude & energy
Diversity! It’s a word that has a ring to it, it sounds rather noble but in the age of diversity training in large companies we seem to be moving away from diversity in farming.
National young biodiversity farmer of the year award for Melody
Clare’s Joe Melody has been named as the 2020 National Rural Network Biodiversity Farmer of the Year at this year’s FBD Young Farmer of the Year Awards.
ON THE FARM: Irish interests must come first in our food choices
With nationalism on the brain, The Clare Echo’s farming columnist Joe Melody says we need to place Irish interests as a priority when food shopping.
ON THE FARM: Veganism arguments are flawed
Co-operative spirit in the world of farming is best says The Clare Echo farming columnist Joe Melody who also hit out at the basis for arguments in favour of veganism.