Irish Independent - Farming - 2016-11-01

• Last-gasp approval averts cattle tag crisis
• IFA still reeling from fall in levies
• For IFA under Joe Healy?
• ICMSA members up 20pc on last year
• Importers make hay as straw supplies down
• Building industry luring experience­d farm labourers as economy improves
• ‘Hill lamb being crucified’– INHFA
• ‘I’m looking at where Macra is going . . . how it needs to change ’
• The O’Donovans were barking up the right tree with ‘pull like a dog’ line
• €80k salary for Macra’s new chief
• Joanne Banks
• Gordon Peppard
• Break parasite cycle at housing
• Testing the herd and fact-finding in Belgium
• ‘Every tractor in the parish was out sowing and drilling’
• Survey highlights the real beef when it comes to cattle farming
• Laying the foundation­s for spring 2017 grass
• Entreprene­ur scheme takes the pain out of capital gains tax
• EU vows to help farmers with ‘Brexit aftershock­s’
• It’s no surprise that Irish agri lobby has stayed
• Finnerty heads Yield Lab venture
• New treatment set to reduce antibiotic use in dairy cows
• Very quiet on EU-Canada deal
• US farm insurance policies
• Mart prices take another hit as Brexit uncertaint­y festers
• Factories continue to nail down prices
• Val’s A to Zippy of heavenly
• McNamara adds Stockmansh­ip trophy to her
• Herefords
• Plenty of interest in heifers at the Aubrac Cattle Society show
• Size matters
• Safety gains for a dirty job with new gadget
• McKibbin has a clear focus for breeding
• Mare competitio­n brings out the best
• Derby great goes to Gilltown
• Jim O’Brien
• Bag a bargain in the Scottish Lowlands
• Local radio cares about a lost cow or a stray cat
• Why home is definitely where the hearth is...
• Music with Eddie Rowley

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