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Sunday 6 August 2017

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Forestry & Enviro

Hill farmers demand Government publish names of those getting forestry payments 

THE Government has been urged to publish a list of annual forestry premium payments by the Irish Natura and Hill Farmers Association (INHFA).
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Agri Business

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The farmhouse is located at Ballyshannon near Kilcullen and the property comes with outbuildings and two paddocks

Strong bidding pushes Kildare farmhouse on 6ac to €305,000
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Farm loans of up to €100,000 may be offered by credit unions
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Man 'took law into his own hands' by blocking sheep farmer on road
The 77ac farm with a residence and extensive farm buildings is located off the M1 motorway. It goes to auction in the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Dundalk.

See the Fantastic array of sheds on this 77ac Louth farm guided at...
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Lisavaird takeover of dairy spread specialist cleared
110 vets posts remain vacant nationwide

Animal health services on brink of labour crisis - Vet grads opt out of large...


Dairy

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110 vets posts remain vacant nationwide

'Vets are retiring and are not being replaced' - Western counties face vet...
Cork Butter Museum is located in the Shandon district close to the former Cork Butter Exchange which prospered in the 1700s and 1800s. Photo: Roland Paschhoff

Spreading the story about butter - how Cork's Butter Museum is bringing a...
Eamon O'Connell

Part-time farmers ramping up the demand for out-of-hours services -...

The best farming summer ever? - Dairy farmer on why not all farmers are...

Opinion: 'We need trained stockmen to handle dairy expansion'
A pilot training course is being rolled out to interested jobseekers to gain the necessary skills to be in a position to be employed as dairy operatives. Stock Image

Jobseekers looking to earn extra money milking cows will be means tested


Beef

Castleview Gazelle was bred by Castleisland-based vet Sean O'Sullivan

Kerry gold - the five-year-old Limousin remains the top choice beef...
3/8/2017 Castlerea Mart Lo number 26A Weight 355K DOB 24/4/17 Breed LMX Sex Weanling Bull Price €1020 Photo Brian Farrell

Mart Trade: Heavier bullocks up €72/hd on 2016 (€1,860 paid for a 720kg...

New research hopes to breed cattle with better 'compensatory growth' after...
Some factories were “flooded” with cattle last week.

Why there's the chill wind of beef cuts price cuts in the air
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New Zealand beef exports under pressure as Japanese tariffs hit home

Egyptian beef deal in the pipeline as price pressures see finishers change tack


Sheep

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Stephen Cullen from Sligo moved Down Under after meeting his Australian fiancee at the All Ireland Sheep Shearing Championships last year

The farmer who went all the way to Australia after finding love at the Sheep...

It's transition time for this sheep farmer as focus switches from lambs to ewes
28/7/2017 Ballymote Sheep Mart Sheep girl Laura Hillery helping her father Sean at the mart. Photo Brian Farrell

Factories squeeze another 15-25c/kg off lamb prices
Patrick O'Keeffe, Mallow preparing his Texel ewe at The Ossory Show in Co Laois. Photo: Alf Harvey/HRPhoto.ie

Getting ewes into prime body condition score is vital for good breeding season
Photo Brian Farrell

Lamb quotes fall but could brighter days on horizon
IFA President Joe Healy Picture: Finbarr O'Rourke

Concerns rise over sheep scheme underspend


Tillage

Des Thorpe with is wife Olive on their organic farm in Old Ross. Photo: Patrick Browne

Wexford couple on why plans to convert organic farm to 100pc stockless...

Huge variations in winter barley yields highlights disease and rotation issues -...
The lower barley yield equates to an income hit of between €10m and €10.5m for grain growers

Fall in winter barley yields will cost tillage farmers €10m
The location in Meath where the fire took place Image:Google Maps

Investigation underway as farmer’s barley crop set a blaze in...

New research is looking at the complete package on grain varieties
Zurich Farm Insurance Farming Independent Tillage Farmer of Year award winners Tim and Mark Ronaldson on Stonebrook farm near Ballymore Eustace

Digging deeper - why these award winning tillage farmers decided against...


Machinery

The dynamic steering system makes handling easier during steering-intensive work such as when using the front loader

Pumping up the power - See the new Claas Arion and Axion range tractors...
X-factor: the new Mercedes pick-up

See the first Mercedes pick-up due in November with prices from €40k

Watch: Upgraded Case articulated tracked tractors

Pictures: Case has updated its Maxxum tractor lineup
Unevenly ripening spring barley; crimping can allow crops to be harvested moist and crimped before storage

Ripe for improvement

Challenger tractors and sprayers to be sold in future under the Fendt banner


Rural Life

Broadband is needed in rural communities

Analysis: We need broadband NOW - not in five or 10 years' time
James O Toole and Grace Nolan at the launch evening for the Tullow Show. Photo Roger Jones

Daredevil pigs to jump through rings of fire at Tullow show
The 2015 Irish winning team

Why the Nations Cup at the Dublin Horse Show is one of the most storied and...
11-year-old Conor McMullan who was the first to be rescued by the new Air ambulance after a farming accident in Co Down with Paramedic Glenn O'roark and Pilot David O'Toole as the new Air Ambulance officially takes to the air at the old Maze prison Site in Lisburn.

Boy (11) reunited with air ambulance crew who saved his life in farming...

How Ireland's bred its own 'mob' of organic wallabies

Families wanted: The picturesque Irish village looking for new blood


Schemes

Ulster Bank reported that the funding is available. Stock photo: PA

€2m still available in low-cost agri loans from Ulster Bank
Hundreds of farmers attended the Teagasc Green Acres Calf to Beef Programme open day on Christy Dowd’s farm in Ballinagare, Co Roscommon. Photo: Gerard O'Loughlin

Teagasc issue ultimatum on Knowledge Transfer scheme fees
Cubicle house which fits about 300 cows.

Kerry farmers face development levy for building sheds

Numbers of farmers receiving Farm Assist payments continues to fall
Sean Conway with the STAP The Lights sheep discussion group on the farm of Des Irwin, Ballinvoher , Co. Sligo discussing grassland management post weaning.

Farm leaders call for extension and overhaul of KT scheme
The question of making provision for a child with an intellectual disability is a worry

Advice: How farmers can make provision for children with an intellectual...


EU

A man cools cattle on a beached boat in the Amazon river, in the city of Manaus, Brazil. REUTERS/Bruno Kelly

Beef back on the agenda as EU seeks to close Mercosur deal
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Game of chicken with US as UK  reignites chlorinated meat debate
Phil Hogan

EU Commission set to tackle unfair trading in food sector
Monsanto's Roundup weedkiller that contains glyphosate for sale in France. REUTERS/Charles Platiau

Glyphosate row rages on as licence vote delayed
Phil Hogan

Officials optimistic South American deal can be sealed
(Anthony Devlin/PA)

Before Britain can 'check out' there's the small matter of the bill


Forestry & Enviro

Hill farmers demand Government publish names of those getting forestry...
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£26,500 in fines handed down for dumping illegal waste

Appeal to farmers after fish kills caused by silage and slurry pollution
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Opinion: Caw caw caw - how the clever crows foiled my plans to shoot them
Timber sales at the end of a 33-year rotation should yield €7,000 to €9,000/ac at today’s prices

Your questions answered on forestry - Eligibility, Basic Payment,...
Solar farms: caution has been advised

The heat is on... opposition to solar farm projects is growing