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British Agriculture – Observations from the past
Farm diversification: Irish farmer turns his farm into a multi-million-euro business
Farm diversification has long been a hot topic of conversation both for government ministers and for farmers themselves. In this ever-changing world, can farmers continue to concentrate solely on the production of arable crops and the raising of livestock to make a living? Prices are continually being driven down on milk and meat, leaving farmers with little profit at the end of the day. One man in Ireland believed that diversification away from traditional farming was the direction he should…
Hundreds of farmers are leaving the industry as pressures mount in Northern Ireland
Census figures from June 2016, and released later in the year by the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, show that the number of farmers working in Northern Ireland has dropped by 2% to 29,500.…
Poor quality cattle tags cost NI farmers over £700,000 a year
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Under-representation of females in Irish Agriculture
Irish women in Agriculture have admirably kick-started 2017 on a high note. Back in 2014, National Rural Network conducted startling research, showing that only 13% of 111,134 Irish farmers were women. It was also identified that these females were slightly older than their male counterparts.…
Northern Ireland Dairy Farmers Received Exit Letters from their Banks
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