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Missing the Ploughing? Check out The Machinery Channel!

The Ploughing Championship is over for another year, but if you are missing your fix of big toys, check out The Machinery Channel on YouTube. [youtube]https://youtu.be/X7sdXBvnO5s[/youtube]   It’s a really simple idea and it does exactly what it says on the tin! Footage of agricultural and construction machinery (including Bog Machines), offered without comment, for your […]

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Solitary bee Colletes floralis © Steven Falk

Protecting the Vital Role of Bees for Environment and Agriculture [Audio]

Did you know that the pollinating work of bees and other insects is worth €53 million to agriculture in Ireland, North and South? That includes £7 million per annum for apples in Northern Ireland, and €3.9 million for oilseed rape in the Republic. Our guest on today’s podcast is Dr Úna FitzPatrick from National Biodiversity Data Centre in […]

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Recovery Haven, winners of the Overall Award at the Dairymaster Rural Innovation Awards, with Dairymaster CEO Dr Edmond Harty

Recovery Haven Wins Dairymaster Rural Innovation Awards

The first ever Dairymaster Rural Innovation Awards Ceremony was held Tuesday night 26th May at Ballygarry House Hotel, Tralee with over 240 attendees. The competition was open to innovators from every county in Ireland and finalists from the four provinces were in attendance. Prizes were awarded in three categories, plus the overall Dairymaster Rural Innovation Award. […]

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Liam Mullane and Rosemarie Sheehy at work in the Software Development Department at Dairymaster in Kerry

Exciting High Tech Careers with Dairymaster in Kerry [Video]

Christmas is a time for recruiting, especially for companies who want to get the attention of people who are home for the holidays. It’s an opportunity Dairymaster are taking very seriously with adverts in the press, radio and airports. They’ve even made a video to get the message across: agricultural technology offers a huge variety of challenging and rewarding careers. [youtube]http://youtu.be/nNZXn6Id2sU[/youtube] […]

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Agriland Reaps a Digital Harvest [Video]

Agriland is a website focused on the agribusiness sector which launched this summer and has seen exponential traffic growth in the past few months.  The brainchild of Cormac Farrelly, he filled us in on its genesis when we caught up with him at Blog Awards Ireland, where Agriland were sponsors of the Great Outdoors category. […]

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