James and Rachel O’Sullivan with their four children, Kayla (12), Daire (10), Jenna (8) and Eoin (6) farm 31 hectares, which is divided into two blocks near Leap and Union Hall. There they run a dairy calf to beef system buying in calves in spring and finishing the cattle at […]
Farming
The Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme (TAMS) is back for 2023, with €440 million in funding available for farmers looking to modernise and upgrade their farms. The new TAMS builds on previous versions of the scheme. Importantly, it will also include a higher grant rate of 60 per cent for investments […]
Calving season is well under way on dairy farms in West Cork and due to the good weather there is a good share of cattle out by day at least. The Russian invasion of Ukraine triggered a sharp rise in input prices in particular for fertiliser and fuel and to […]
Nicola White, Owner and Managing, Animal Health Laboratories, Bandon Q&A with Tommy Moyles When was the business established and what was the catalyst for starting it? I’m the owner and Managing Director of Animal Health Laboratories since it was established in 2012. My aim is to continue to provide an […]
Ella Goddin, Founder and CEO of Fodder Box Limited, based at 11 Barryscourt Business Park, Carrigtwohill, County Cork, chats to West Cork People about her innovative technology that is taking the livestock and equine worlds by storm. Fodder Box Limited has developed and built fully-automated, computer-controlled hydroponic fodder production systems that […]
Introduced with much fanfare earlier in the summer, Agri-Climate Rural Environmental Scheme (ACRES) has taken up a lot of head space of late. Having spent a lot of time since its introduction reading about it it’s only in the last few weeks that I’ve been trying to work out how, […]