Irish Independent - Farming - 2017-01-03

• Land sales nosedive as reality bites
• Food for thought
• ‘Ugly’ fruit and veg can often be tastier and more nutritious than the ‘perfect’ product
• ‘€50m underspend on RDP in 2016’ - Ó Cuív
• Average dairy herd will exceed 100 cows by 2o2o
• Income gap between dairy elite and bottom 20pc hits €57,000
• IFA call on Bord Bia to suspend poultry farm visits
• Crossbreed­ing can add €700/ha to dairy profits
• THE BIG INTERVIEW
• Vision needed to break destructiv­e pattern of our groundhog day
• ‘They are like a wife – they are with you for life, but I love them’
• How to cut the risk of disease in calving cows
• KETOSIS A gateway condition that reduces appetite and depresses immunity
• MILK FEVER Early interventi­on can pay big dividends in calcium-deficient cows
• MASTITIS Mastitis cases can cost up to €300 per cow
• METRITIS Careful assessment required on placenta removal and cleaning
• Little seasonal cheer as Brexit and kill numbers dampen prices
• We have to cut the costs that are within our control
• New sheep payments are no compensati­on for lower prices and longer hours
• Outside expertise can help you take the trial and error out of calf rearing
• I am young and landless – what are my basic payment options?
• ‘Brexit is a complete black hole right now’
• Asian markets could make or break
• McGuinness regroups after divisive contest
• Dairy farmers urged to keep a grip on costs
• Food Wise 2025 targets
• Chris McCullough
• ‘A 5pc increase in feed efficiency is worth a lot to a dairy farmer’
• Mild winter weather has let the factories off the hook on prices
• Charolais are top of the steers
• It’s all about the numbers in turbulent beef game
• Belgian Blues best in heifers
• Weanling bulls down €200/hd since 2012
• Factories try to pull by 5c/kg
• Prime stock defies the Brexit blues
• Strong end of year demand for best of pedigree breeding
• Finetuning a safety life-saver
• FTMTA 2017 is already a sellout
• Check out forestry options at dedicated clinics
• Urgent action required to save our native woodlands
• Financial supports for planting and conserving native species
• Mane events of 2016
• Reality bites
• Auction sales take 35pc dive
• ‘The Northerner­s are keeping their hands in their pockets’
• ‘Supermac’ lands a jewel of a farm by the shores of Galway Bay
• Southern land bucks the trend with a 5pc rise
• Farm model show raises €10k to help Adam walk
• We are starting to lose the run of ourselves yet again

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