Irish Independent - Farming - 2014-02-25

• ‘Winners and losers’ in review of Less Favoured Areas scheme
• Downey condemns factory price cuts
• Leased SFP entitlemen­ts stuck in ¤40m administra­tive struggle
• Coveney warns on trade-off required for quota easing
• Profitabil­ity static despite record commodity prices
• Noonan vow on tax reliefs
• What’s the point of ICBF if we’ve to go back to genetics of 20 years ago?
• Fifty Wexford suppliers to take 15m litres in move to Strathroy
• Irresponsi­ble use of rat poisons could lead to restrictio­ns being imposed on farms
• The new Nitrates Action Programme rules explained
• Conference­s are interestin­g but subjects complicate­d by red tape
• Students’ interest in lambing season refreshing as the calm before the storm sets in on the farm
• We must make best of weather windows
• Prevention better than cure in the herd
• Programmes crucial to keeping farms disease-free
• Nine point health plan to ensure that the key performanc­e targets are met during the year
• With strategic blood sampling a valuable resource
• More action and less ‘surveys’ needed to stop future flooding
• Factories continue to turn the screws on beef finishers
• Reasonable week for all bar heifers
• Scanning dairy’s way forward
• Farmers should consider options on forestry after State’s aid vow
• Lely introduce new evolved PR loader
• Students chosen for AI training with Eurogene AI’s backing
• Claas adds features to Variant range of balers
• WALKING TO HELP THOSE WHO CANNOT
• The perfect ‘little’ big house
• Monaghan farm sale is a rare opportunit­y
• €250k fails to buy Cork farm

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