AI on an Irish Dairy Farm
It’s AI season here on the farm at the moment, started on 1st May. We use about 95% artificial insemination for our cows, just using a bull for some repeats (when a cow doesn’t go in calf on the first...
View Article#Farmerettes Tweet Up
I was interviewed some time ago for the Irish Examiner and it was featured this week in the Farming Supplement – with me even being shown on the masthead of the front page with Alex Ferguson below!!...
View ArticleFarm Diversification – We Teach Social Media
Farm diversification usually seems to refer to on-farm businesses such as those that are related to food, animals or accommodation. My new farm diversification business isn’t on-farm though – it is...
View ArticleIrish Farmerette on the Raidió
Lots of radio coverage over this weekend. First of all, the #farmerettes tweetup were on RTECountrywide on Saturday morning. We’re planning to meet up again during the summer so we’re all looking...
View ArticleWordless Wednesday – Farming Vines
Letting out the cows this morning – up to one of my favourite fields ‘High Shores’ – not named shores because we live near the sea but because it and another field were once owned or rented by the...
View ArticleTweeting Farmers
Have you heard of the @tweetingfarmers yet? Created by the Farmers Feed Families team and on the premise that we eat three times a day due to the work that farmers do so let’s find out more about where...
View Article‘Would You Marry A Farmer?: Confessions of an Irish Farmerette’
I’ve always wanted to write a book, but there often seemed to be something else to be completed first I have about 40,000 words of a novel in draft and maybe I’ll get back to it this winter. In the...
View ArticleSocial Media Saturday – Farmers on Film
I’ve been intending to start ‘Social Media Saturday’ posts on this blog for some time now in order to share social media tips for farmers, particularly those who are selling or planning on selling...
View ArticleSocial Media Saturday – 5 Benefits of Blogging for Farmers
5 Benefits of Blogging for Farmers Every farmer is a business person. They are usually self employed and their income relies on selling a food product. Some farmers will sell their product directly to...
View ArticleMeet Donna, the Midlife Farmwife from Illinois
I love seeing farmers blogging and more and more are taking to tapping away on the keyboard. In Australia and the US, it seems to be becoming more popular as farmers use it to educate consumers,...
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