Hello Everyone, I have finally finshed my thesis. I have really enjoyed this experience over the past few months and I hope you have too. I will be presenting my work at the Climate change, Agricultre and Food security annual conference in Galway on the Friday the 7th of September, with a brief explanation of ...
`Hello Everyone, Yesterday I attended the first Recess sheep show. This show was dominated with Connemara hill black faced sheep, as it is located in the heart of Connemara. The show is in its first year and was a major success. The classes were very large, with an average of 30 sheep in each class. ...
Hello Everyone, Its hard believe that next Friday is the deadline for my thesis. Well good news I have finished, just down to finalise an aim. Where did the summer go it it seems like yesterday we started out on this journey in May. As I look back on the past few months, its amazing ...
Hello Everyone, Sorry I have not posted in a while, I have been working on my data, and getting the sections done on my thesis. Take a look at some of the graphs I have generated from my data collection at sheep farm to fork 2018. It was a really interesting day, and I found ...
Hello Everyone, Last Saturday I attended sheep farm to fork. I had a stand at the event and had a great day talking with the farmers on soil and water quality in Ireland. I got a tonne of insights into the inportance of water and soil, and farmers really thought that the project was excellant ...
Eco EYE Hello Everyone, Given the fine weather we have been having i decided to put up this link………. it is a 25 minute crash course in Irish water, Duncan Steward gives some relevant points on Irish agriculture and the effects it is having on Irish water. Enjoy the sunshine while we have it! Sinéad
Hello Everyone, Yesterday i attended the Beef and Sheep Network Conference in the Galway Bay Hotel. This conference was attended my many speakers from around the globe including Australia, Argentine, Brazil, China and the U.S. One of the speakers Brendan Dunford talked of the Burren Programme Burren Farming and also connecting people and place with the Beo ...
This is a video of fresh cut silage. Today the silage is being bailed. For those who dont know what silage is its fermented grass that is fed to livestock during the winter season when livestock is being housed indoors. Stay tuned for more Sinéad
