Irish Independent - Farming - 2016-09-20

• Department in race against time on tags
• FARMERS WHO NORMALLY HAVE THEIR FIRST CUT IN BY JUNE ARE STILL WAITING TO GET OUT ON TO THE LAND
• Crops ‘hammered into the ground’ in the west
• ‘Saturated ground is not getting a chance to dry out’ – Met Éireann
• INTERVIEW
• Long live the Ploughing pilgrimage
• ‘Healthwise life is much, much better — I was drained and wrecked’
• Factory levies row is a ‘storm in a teacup’
• Turkey set to take 18,000 head over next three months
• Antibiotic­s misuse a ‘time bomb’ for agricultur­e sector
• IFA draw up shortlist for top job
• Strong demand for EU milk scheme despite price rally
• Brussels has ‘sold us a pup’ on quality standards and imports
• The right decisions can help extend the grazing season
• Autumn grass cover is the main priority for now
• Salmonella risk in dairy herds begins to peak over the autumn
• WINTER BARLEY PRODUCTION IS EXPECTED TO BE DOWN BY AS MUCH AS 13PC ON 2015
• Average herd size set to reach 100 cows by 2018
• Is minimum wage all a farmer gets?
• The good times continue to roll for buoyant sheep sector
• Munster breeders take top honours at Suffolk show
• Texel Society celebrates 40 years
• Pedigree Charolais heifer for raffle at the Ploughing
• WHILE AT TIMES HE MIGHT FEEL HE HAS TO WALK A TIGHTROPE BETWEEN HIS WIFE AND MOTHER, IT DOESN’T HAVE TO BE LIKE THAT
• A capital idea for land consolidat­ion
• Irish farmers are in a relatively healthy
• ‘The Commission will always stand by farmers’ – Juncker
• Majority of farmers put expansion plans on hold
• Position on debt levels
• Lamb prices remain ‘resilient’
• Marginal movement on prices
• Bulk of the quotes back by 5c/kg in price squeeze
• Aidan Timmons
• Eddie Cunningham
• Quality and art of the ‘double cab’ pickups
• Taxation on five-seater commercial­s is still a grey area
• Hunting and point-to-point part of the mix
• O’Grady Cup honours an equestrian legend
• McHale unveil F5600 fixed chamber baler
• Connacht Agri launch 1000kg feed bunker
• Heavy duty cutters and sprayers
• Slurrycat aiming to grab a slice of winter feeding market
• Taking the milking to the Ploughing
• An electric experience
• Major aiming high with innovative winged mower
• John Deere rolls back the years
• Rich potential
• A model holding
• Strong midlands farm guided at €790,000 Jim O’Brien
• Keenly priced Wicklow farm
• High and dry on ‘remarkable’ Mayo farm
• Trim and proper
• KINGDOM PROTISTA, MONERA AND FUNGI
• KINGDOM PROTISTA
• KINGDOM MONERA
• KINGDOM FUNGI
• Queen of the Land is about more than looks
• Beware of online thieves trying to harvest your data
• ‘If you don’t make mistakes, you will make nothing’

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