Irish Independent - Farming - 2016-06-21

• Revenue slump leaves IFA facing income dilemma
• ‘IT STILL BEATS ME HOW PEOPLE HAVE STAYED SO QUIET’
• ‘They should look at what they have done to us — our land has been made worthless’
• Brexit threat to EU farm payments
• Teagasc plans overhaul of agri-education sector
• ‘There’s no cattle glut’ – IFA
• Hill farming blueprint unveiled
• THE BIG INTERVIEW
• ‘I wanted to be working at something hands on’
• Electronic ID deficit hitting lamb exports – Creed
• Progressiv­e farming
• A road map to more efficient grazing
• Swapping the cows for trees
• Get certified to harvest profits
• Benjy could be on his last legs but he’s been a stalwart performer
• Boosting soil pH can yield big results
• Weaning stresses can hit lamb growth
• Crops have recovered to normal growth levels
• Back to the future with style and substance
• Fencing in restricted areas a thorny issue for farmers
• A post-Brexit Britain could look to New Zealand
• Commission committed to ban on ‘proven’ endocrine disruptors
• MEPs move on energy drink ads
• And Canada for agri imports
• Strathroy aiming for more southern milk supplies
• Johnes Disease a potential timebomb for dairy sector
• No laughing matter as lamb prices take a hit
• ‘Mini rush’ sees flush of light stock drive prices back by €28
• Cows back by 10c/kg, while prime cattle down 5c/kg
• Beef breeds take the big prizes in Cork
• Western breeders sweep the boards at All-Ireland Texel Championsh­ips
• WE ARE WERE HUNTING AND RACING MEN AND KNEW NOTHING ABOUT SHOWJUMPIN­G
• Traces the history of the Army Equitation School which celebrates its 90th anniversar­y this year
• Laois grazing ground guided at €6k/acre
• Deep south
• Kildare grazing farm withdrawn after being bid close to a million
• Banner county estate sells for €1.7m
• Limerick residentia­l farm guided at €735,000
• Cavan event will focus on first responder skills
• The wordsmiths who bring distant landscapes to life
• Music with Eddie Rowley

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