Farming in Ireland has been the mainstay of the economy for thousands of years and even though the reliance on the agricultural industry for everyday living is not as strong as it used to be, it still plays a massive part in our lives. There are approximately 139,800 family farms in Ireland with an average […]

Having started with a small dairy herd a little over a decade ago, husband-and-wife John and Sylvia Powell are now milking 220 cows on their busy farm outside Birr in Co. Offaly. The herd, a mixture of Holstein Friesian, Jersey and Kiwi Cross, produces approximately one million litres of milk per year which is supplied […]