Irish Independent - Farming - 2016-08-02

• Farming ‘insider’ fed informatio­n to rural crime gang
• Learning curve
• Experience of a lifetime in Japan
• Eye in the sky is replacing inspection­s on farm payments
• Ammonia emissions cut will cost agri sector €35m Discounted target of 5pc will hit farmers
• Tipp farmer scores big victory over the Department
• Delays ahead on TAMS II
• ‘Don’t hold farmers to ransom over clean cattle initiative’ – ICSA
• Tillage sector faces €9m loss on poor harvest
• An encounter with a priceless botanical gem
• Grassroots adventures
• ‘Within a short space of time, we were catering for groups from all over the world’
• Sheep super group
• ‘I get €40 more per head of lamb as part of the mule group’
• Helping the fight against rural isolation
• I wish lamb thrive would move along as quickly as the summer
• I got more than I bargained for with a scouring heifer
• A few bad days can have a huge affect on winter barley
• Brief heatwave a boon for winter fodder
• Credit to the IFA for its native cereals initiative
• Trust can resolve inheritanc­e issues
• Production limits are not the way forward for
• German farmers quitting dairy as high production costs take toll
• Commission ups the ante on Brexit fallout
• Eurocrats on hols as farmers face credit crunch
• Suckler herds need cash injection to stay viable - IFA
• Under pressure dairy sector
• Brothers’ ‘ hops’ for the future
• Brewing up interest in niche markets
• Factories pull quotes by 20c/kg
• Bull weanling prices up by 51c/kg
• Prices slip for all stock bar cull cows
• Handled with care
• Belgian Blues dominate weanling show in Kanturk
• Kyle style
• €10,00 up for grabs in HSI foal event
• Thumbs up on decision to move Horse Show forward
• How to reduce disease risks in rapidly expanding flock
• Picture perfect
• Cork cracker
• Limerick holding goes for €9,000/ac
• Two bidders battle it out for Kildare residentia­l farm
• Land prices down slightly in the east
• Wicklow parcel for €310,000
• Keep on rolling
• Landini upgrades its compact tractor range
• Cows keeping Rose calm before the Tralee storm
• Crossovers? I’m sticking to my trusty all-terrain steed
• Music with Eddie Rowley
• ‘We had a positive meeting with the Commission­er’

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