by FRS Farm Relief Services | Apr 19, 2016 | Farm Services Archives
Barry O’ Gorman’s farm is situated about 4 miles outside of Thurles town where he lives with his wife Bridget and three children Stephanie, Fiachra and Tadhg. Barry is farming over twenty years and over those years has availed of many of the services farm relief has...
by FRS Farm Relief Services | Jan 27, 2016 | Farm Services Archives, Herdwatch
Herdwatch has received an Innovation Merit Award at their first ever UK and LAMMA Show appearance, which is the UK’s Largest Agricultural and Machinery show. James Greevy, who represented Herdwatch at the show with Helen Mulqueen said: “It’s always nice to be...
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 12, 2015 | Farm Services Archives
Rain and warm humid weather are ideal conditions for the development of infectious diseases during these summer months. Worm infections in particular are widespread. As summer progresses calves eat more grass and the risk of infection rises. Stomach worm can...
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...