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The country’s top tillage farmers were celebrated on Tuesday 10th February as the winners of the Tirlán Quality Grain Awards 2025 were announced at events in Co Cork’s Castlemartyr Resort and Midleton Distillery Experience. Two Wexford farms were recognised at the Awards, with Padraig and Anna‑Leigh Kehoe of The Ballagh, Enniscorthy winning the Seed Wheat award …
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Bree Macra is ending their year on a high, as the club has been crowned this year’s All-Ireland Public Speaking Champions at the National Final in Macroom on Saturday, the 6th of December... The team of chairperson Mary Byrne, and speakers Sarah Byrne and Eddie Casey, saw off teams from Tullyallen Macra, from Louth, and …
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The findings from a farm work survey undertaken as part of Irish Rural Link’s Farm Safety Community Champions project indicate the rate at which farmers support one another and how family remains the main source of relief work... 77% of farmers replied ‘yes’ to having help on their farm, with 58% of them relying on …
The final six contestants competing for the title of FBD Young Farmer of the Year 2025 were announced recently... A young man from County Wexford made the cut and was amongst the finalists. Isaac Wheelock, a Tillage farmer from Wexford, was named as a finalist for the prestigious competition. The final six contestants competed for the …
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We've a lot of excellent dairy farmers here in Wexford... The National Dairy Awards for 2024 will take this evening, Thursday 13 June, in the Midlands Park Hotel Portlaoise, Co. Laois. The National Dairy awards celebrate the primary producers, the artisan producers, sector services and the dairy processors as an industry collective. Three Wexford farmers …
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Two Wexford-based growers were among the recent Tirlán Quality Grain Award winners.... The growers were among 14 top suppliers commended at the highly-competitive Tirlán Quality Grain Awards for 2023 ceremony that took place today, Tuesday, February 20th 2024 in Portlaoise, Co. Laois. The Green Feed Wheat category winner is David O'Dwyer who farms at Heathpark, Newbawn, …
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