Irish Independent - Farming - 2016-08-30

• IFA levy losses trigger crisis talks with staff
• Cull should be the ‘last resort’ says Wildlife Trust
• Hundreds of NI farmers quit the land
• Mapping technology aims to radically improve soil fertility
• Farm bodies clash on EU dairy package
• Lighter types pick of weanling trade
• INTERVIEW
• Giving children a sound moral compass is vital
• It’s all in the breeding
• BREED REPLACEMEN­T IS THE QUICKEST WAY TO INCREASE EWE PRODUCTIVI­TY
• The ‘ram effect’
• Provides a natural boost
• Raddling rams brings many advantages during the season
• Grain growers cutting out the middleman
• Land is wetter and less productive – and we only have ourselves to blame
• There’s never a dull moment apart from the weather
• Potato growers should make more of livestock feed potential
• It’s time to start preparing the farm and herd for 2017 season
• Weighty insurance issues
• Thousands of farming households are
• Retail giants have to be reined in on prices says McGuinness
• Heatwave hits US harvest
• Ukraine’s golden harvest
• Good news on the double for lamb trade
• Mart figures rise as grass quality takes seasonal dip
• Factories try to pull prices back by 5c/kg
• ‘Perfect’ cow wows the judges
• Belgian blue is best seller at Kanturk weanling show
• ‘I saw my life flash before my eyes’
• On a mission to
• There’s no more dangerous way to travel than by horse
• Meath equestrian holding for €875,000
• Thinning to fatten profits
• Valuable opportunit­y to talk timber and all things forestry
• Steering clear of trouble
• Ploughing countdown
• Vintage turnout for a ‘medical marvel’
• Restoring the ‘Long Acre’ is an idea worth chewing on
• Music with Eddie Rowley
• ‘The paperwork is enormous – and as for the tags...’
• BSE Border ‘seal’ costing State £500,000 per week
• AHI defends its record on BVD eradicatio­n
• Tillage start-up going global

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