Planet Farming

My name is Liam Sweeney.  I live with my mum, dad, 3 brothers, 1 sister and 3 nephews.  I live on a farm in…

Hello my name is Cian, I’m ten years old and I’m in fourth class. I live on a suckler farm in county Leitrim. I like the farm because I really like cattle.

In March of 2012, my brother and I bought a pedigree Simmental…

I live on a farm in Co Mayo.  I have seen the fodder crisis first hand. The crisis for us started at the end of March 2013. However, the problem had started long before that.

Summer 2012 was wet and cold and…

Hello again. My name is Daniel Stratford I am ten years old and I am in fifth class in Billis NS. I sent in an article last May and here’s what happened since. We cut our first cut of silage in the beginning of June and the second…

As I strolled through the vegetable aisle of my local supermarket, it got me thinking: were they organic, did they come from Ireland or were they imported? I began to wonder about a good way to save some money and to know exactly…

Hi my name is Stephen. I live with my mum and dad and have one brother. We live on a farm where I help my dad with all the farm work. The farm can be very busy sometimes.

In the spring time our cows are all due to calf.…

This year, most farmers have their livestock in for longer than normal at this stage of winter. This has resulted in an increased workload for farmers. With this in mind, this month we are going to look at some machinery which…

My name is Marita Burke and I am in sixth class. I go to Bigstone N.S in Co. Kildare. I love living on the farm. Over the last few weeks we had lots of heifers calving. Its great…