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I was going through an old box of family papers today, and at the bottom of it found a small book with my great grandfathers name on it and a date of 1897. It is Book II in the University Series - A Catechism of Agriculture.. It was published in Belfast in 1892. There is some cracking stuff in...

New regulations are in place for Irish school children returning to school in September. :ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO: https://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2020/07/28/sheep-dipping-system-to-be-trialed-for-children-going-to-school/

What a pointless survey. Supposedly covers Northern Ireland, but does not list any NI farming papers. There are only 3, how hard did they research their questions. The question on cereals being grown did not list oats. Do oats not count anymore. We grow them for home feed, but around this area...

All through the Brexit negotiations, we were told that it would be impossible to have any sort of settlement that that resulted in border posts. That has now been shown to be complete hyprocrisy. Along comes a virus and suddenly the Irish Police are setting up fixed and mobile checkpoints on...

A Northern Ireland Civil Service email issued at the weekend. It was all to do with laptops and working from home. However, reading between the lines gives some insight into how long they think this lockdown will last. By way of background, many Civil Service offices are closed. A number of...

@Walterp made several bets of one florin with forum members. We have left the EU, so it is time to revisit the bets and see who has to pay. As far as I can see, he made three bets, two of which can now be determined. His first bet was in a thread called 'Brexit supporters being misled (well I...

A fantastic story about learning farming at primary school. If only farmers and more schools did this. Could a link to this be tied in to the Farming is the Solutions theme? @Clive https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-48787426 Pupils at a primary school in County Fermanagh have...

The EU in the form of Mr Tusk (European Council President) has finally let the mask slip. He is being reported as saying that there is a "special place in hell" for those that promoted Brexit. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-47143135 That will really endear him to Brexiteers. I...

@Clive I may have missed it, but how much was raised for charity through the donations for the 2018 Calendar? When was it / will it be handed over and any feed back from the charity?

The Irish Farmers Journal has a headline article of a leaked Department of Agriculture plan for post Brexit agricultural in Northern Ireland. The full document is due out at the end of January 2018. The article is here, but is behind a paywall...

A tale of what happens when cows get onto a railway line…. The tale starts just over two years ago. At that time we had just taken on the farming of a piece of land beside the main Belfast to Londonderry railway line. At the time we took over, the fence between the land and the railway was...

As the title of the thread says. To bolus or not to bolus, that is the question (with apologies to the Bard). Should sheep be given a bolus prior to putting the rams in with them? Are there any advantages or disadvantages? I assume that cost is a disadvantage, but is it off set by healthier...

What is it with politics these days. No one seems to accept anything – Trump, Brexit, the general election result, etc. No sooner was Trump elected, there were street protests. Now we are seeing legal shenanigans to try and oust him. The Brexit vote was announced and there were street...

From the BBC website Moy Park, the Northern Ireland-based poultry business, has been put up for sale by its Brazilian owner. JBS said it intended to sell the firm as part of a wider plan to raise about $6bn (£4.74bn). JBS bought Moy Park from another Brazilian firm in 2015 for $1.5bn. Moy...

I have not heard of this before. A quick search on here shows that it has been mentioned, but not with much prominence. Is this a good idea and a way to challenge the supermarkets hold on sales? Basically it is a app that allows buyers to be matched with local products. The producers get an...

At times the Brexit threads get a bit hot and heavy. How about a thread for light hearted humour? Not to be used for nasty attacks, but for things that can make both sides of the debate laugh at the same time. To start us off, how about this one from today's Daily Telegraph.

A case of great interest to anyone subject to a cross compliance penalty under either SFP or BPS. In this case a former President of the Ulster Farmers Union was subject to cross compliance penalty for pollution of a river. The Department decided it was an intentional breach and levied a 55%...

Maybe the title of the thread should be Baaaa Humbug. Seems a goat did not like Christmas shopping! (Could only happen in Northern Ireland!!). http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-38205945 A goat has head-butted a pensioner and jumped on cars after being refused entry to a County...

As the title says - just because you have worked with cattle all your life, it does not mean you can let you guard down for a second. A lady in her 70s has been killed by cattle in an accident in Garvagh, Northern Ireland. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-37712728 Do take care...

Some positives and some negatives. I think we would all be happy if they could find a way to make retailers share the profit of food sales with producers! http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-37701754 The UK's farm minister says the agriculture industry will have to "move away from...