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A West Cork Farming Life: Brennus Voarino, Cape Clear

Tommy Moyles July, 2022

Brennus, describe your farm on Cape Clear Island? There are 110 acres in total on the farm and it is in three separate divisions. It’s all very rough land but suits that suits the cattle we have. It’s mainly a suckler herd made up of pedigree belted Galloway cows. When […]

Keeping up with the times

Tommy Moyles May, 2022

Sometimes time moves fast in the farming cycle. Only a few weeks ago the call came to try and plant more grain and fodder crops in order to deal with supply chain issues resulting from the war in Ukraine. At this stage, the vast majority of the grain crops are […]

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Cultivate: Keeping it local, personal and simple

WCP Staff April, 2022

At a time of heightened uncertainty, West Cork farmers are increasingly turning to their local credit union for farm finance. Long seen as a place to put some savings for a ‘rainy day’, credit unions are changing. They are diversifying their loan portfolios to include small business lending. The best […]

Getting into full swing

Tommy Moyles March, 2022

As bad as the weather has been since the arrival of Storms Dudley and Eunice, in an odd way I’m kind of glad. Weather has been unseasonably good since Christmas and I’m happier getting rough weather now rather than in the middle of May. Sometimes in farming you have to […]

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Charity livestock sale at Bandon Mart to raise funds for Breakthrough Cancer Research in memory of West Cork farmer

WCP Staff February, 2022

The heartbroken wife of a passionate West Cork farmer, who sadly lost his life to an aggressive form of brain cancer, is organising a farming fundraiser at Bandon Mart on Easter Monday in his memory. All proceeds will be donated to Breakthrough Cancer Research, who will invest the funds in […]

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Bandon Students at this year’s BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition urge Irish farmers to change farm practices and reduce their carbon footprint

Tommy Moyles January, 2022

Two students from St Brogan’s College, Bandon, tell Tommy Moyles that Irish farmers don’t know enough about producing low emissions beef but they are open to learning. Sarah Teape and Alison Darcy have carried out extensive research into the attitudes of farmers towards climate action and their knowledge of low-emission […]

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