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Grass-growing season off to a good start

Tommy Moyles February, 2021

Calving has kicked off or is on the verge of doing so on many farms over the next few weeks and, while driving about, you will notice cows re-emerging from their winter quarters. It feels like the last three weeks have been shrouded in mist. Out in Ardfield it has […]

Waiting for the dust to settle on Brexit

Tommy Moyles January, 2021

Well Brexit has finally come to pass. The knock-on effects will become clearer with time. Perhaps they would be more obvious if the UK’s time outside the EU began in a world free of Covid-19. However, with travel restricted and extra logistics already required, it’s a bit tricky to pick […]

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Hemp for a Sustainable Future – Teagasc award at BTYSTE 2021 announced

WCP Staff January, 2021

Cian Walsh, a transition year student at St. Brogan’s College, Bandon has been announced as the winner of the Teagasc award at the BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition 2021 (BTYSTE). Cian’s project looked at the social, economic and environmental benefits and drawbacks of growing hemp and to determine if […]

Putting a strange year behind us

Tommy Moyles December, 2020

Soil, Silage and Dung – or ‘the three S’s’ as they might be colloquially referred to on farms! Diagnostics has become routine on the farm over the last few years. Of the three, soil sampling is going to become a more routine operation on a lot of farms, as it […]

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Farm Life: Nigel Daunt

Tommy Moyles November, 2020

Nigel Daunt, nominated by Bandon Co-op, is a finalist in the NDC and Kerrygold Quality Milk Awards – known as the ‘Oscars of the Dairy World’ You’re a new entrant to dairy, what influenced your decision to change enterprise? I was always mad into farming. Mum and Dad had a […]

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Finding a CAP that fits

Tommy Moyles November, 2020

The three big-ticket uncontrollables affecting farmers of late remain Brexit, CAP and Covid. In comparison to other parts of the economy, farming has been less affected by the lockdowns imposed this year. The most noticeable impact has been felt at marts. For now mart ringsides will be empty because of […]

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