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Cheryl and Ken.
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Flying into love

Travel changes a farmer, sometimes much more than anyone could have expected

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Reading Time: 6 minutes Travel changes a farmer, sometimes much more than anyone could have expected Seeing different ways of farming and working can work a miracle for a farmer. So can experiencing different cuisines and cultures, learning new travel skills, and expanding their networks and friendships. Sometimes, too, the changes go even deeper. Cheryl Hazenburg, a 2014 Nuffield […] Read more
Irish National Stud.
Guide Business

Ireland: A horse lover’s dream

The joy of touring Ireland’s farms, including its elite stud farms

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Reading Time: 6 minutes For as long as he can remember, my husband has had a love affair with horses. Growing up on a farm in Nova Scotia, he rode a horse before he learned to ride a bicycle, and horses have been part of his life ever since. When we began to plan a vacation to Ireland, it […] Read more
View of Inis Mor from summer pastures of Padraic O Falithearta Aran Islands Sept. 2018.
Guide Business, Livestock

AranLIFE

World-famous for their mix of Irish culture and nature, the Aran Islands are learning just how much they owe to agriculture, and how much they may have to pay to keep it

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Reading Time: 7 minutes In Galway Bay just off the coast of Ireland, a new five-year project called AranLIFE aims to help preserve both a unique farming system and also the cultural and ecologically important landscapes that depend on it. It’s a project that started with the same question that more Canadian farmers and non-farmers are also asking. Is […] Read more
Patraic Ó Flaithearta's cattle on summer pasture at Inis Mor Sept. 2018.
Guide Business, Livestock

Farming on the edge

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Reading Time: 3 minutes Farming on the three Aran Islands off the coast of Galway, Ireland, is quite literally, farming on the edge. Or, actually, on many kinds of edges. Winter pastures on the north coast cling to cliffs that jut into the crashing Atlantic, while on the southern side, orchid-strewn summer pastures sweep gently between ancient stone walls […] Read more
Farmer John Sheridan opens a gate on a farm which straddles both borders where the gate marks the exact border between Ireland and Northern Ireland between County Cavan and County Fermanagh near Florencecourt, Northern Ireland on Nov. 30. (Clodagh Kilcoyne photo for Reuters)
Livestock, Reuters

Farmers demand invisible Irish border, post-Brexit

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Reading Time: 4 minutes Florencecourt, Northern Ireland | Reuters — Northern Irish sheep farmers like John Sheridan collectively transport more than 1,000 lambs a day over the Irish border for slaughter and shipment to shoppers across the European Union. At the moment, the process is seamless. But Sheridan sees a threat to his life’s work, his family’s future and […] Read more
Beef Cattle, Livestock, Reuters

Ireland reports BSE case, says no risk to health

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Reading Time: < 1 minute Dublin | Reuters — Ireland said Wednesday that a dead cow had been confirmed as having bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), but said it had not entered the food chain and there was no risk to human health or beef’s trade status. The animal tested positive for “atypical” BSE, Ireland’s agriculture department said in a statement, […] Read more
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Beef Cattle, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

OIE cuts six European countries’ BSE risk level

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Paris | Reuters — The World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) has lowered to the safest level the official risk of six countries for BSE, a move expected to open international market access for their beef exports. These countries are France, Ireland, Switzerland, the Czech Republic, Cyprus and Liechtenstein. OIE members in Paris last week eased […] Read more
Beef Cattle, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. allows imports of Irish beef, first EU shipments in 17 years

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Dublin/Brussels | Reuters — Ireland has become the first European Union country allowed to export beef to the U.S., 17 years after Washington banned EU imports over BSE. This follows a successful inspection by U.S. authorities of Ireland’s beef production system completed in July, the Irish agriculture department said on Monday, after the ban on […] Read more

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