Farming Life column – Not in that poor lowly stable
Not in that poor lowly stable Tis the season to sing carols as Christmas approaches. Did you know that the traditional opening song of the BBC Carols from King’s was…
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Agriculture
Michael Dillon Lecture 2025
It was great to catch up with fellow Guild of Agricultural Journalist members north and south at the K Club Resort last week at the biennial Michael Dillon Memorial Lecture…
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Farming Life column – lifelong learning
Lifelong learning By Rebecca McConnell Published in the Farming Life, Saturday 18th November 2023 Last month, I was asked to judge the County Antrim heat of the best competition Young…
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Happy Birthday to the UFU & Balmoral Show
One of the key drivers in creating a newsworthy publicity campaign is the marking of time of an organisation or service that has been going for a long time. This…
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The Entlebucher Alpabfahrt 2017
Over the years, I have brought in the cows for milking hundreds of times on the farm. If the sky is clear, I can look right across the Mourne Mountains,…
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