Tales from the farm
The Deverell family have been breeding Hereford beef cattle on their Co. Offaly farm for more than 70 years. Here, Ivor recounts springtime at Ballyaville.
Ivor Deverell’s farm: March 2011
“Spring is our busiest time of year here at Ballyaville farm. My uncle Joe and I share the workload looking after animals indoors, feeding silage, bedding the sheds with straw and tending to the cows on the farm around calving time. …