by Jane Marks | May 6, 2020 | Farm Services News & Articles
As we are heading into breeding season, lameness is an issue that farmers should keep at the forefront of their minds. Lameness is not only a problem for the health of the cow, it can also lead to financial loss for the farm business. Direct costs of animal lameness...
by FRS Farm Relief Services | Apr 27, 2016 | Farm Services Archives
FRS Training (Farm Relief Services), and the HSA (Health and Safety Authority) are rolling up their sleeves and mucking in to bring practical interactive farm safety demonstrations to the forefront of this year’s FTMA Grass and Muck on the 12th of May in Gurteen, Co....
by FRS Farm Relief Services | Jan 26, 2016 | Farm Services Archives
This year, the 8th annual all Ireland final of the Farm relief Services Memorial Scholarship took place at the Teagsac Colleges Challenge Day in Clonakilty Agricultural College on Tuesday January 12th. At just twenty three years of age, Charles Cooney, a beef and...
by Jane Marks | Jun 10, 2015 | Farm Services Archives, Farm Services News & Articles
FRS launched the best milking practice in Milking Course in conjunction with Teagasc and AHI (Animal Health Ireland) in July of last year. The course itself proved to be a complete success. Almost four hundred farmers have upskilled their milking practices through the...
