Irish Independent - Farming - 2017-02-07

• Farm leaders demand action on vulture funds
• The smart farming revolution
• IFA urges caution on badger TB vaccine
• ‘We need to beef up our Brexit team,’ says Bertie
• €200m fund aims to ‘revitalise’ Irish forestry
• ‘Farmers sold a pup on RDP’ — Ó Cuív
• ICMSA call for clarity on grading
• Beef processors back IFA in suckler subsidy debate
• Ornua graduates refused US visas
• INTERVIEW
• What we wouldn’t give for a small bit of congestion
• ‘Farmers have a closer relationsh­ip with their vets than their doctors’
• Give your cattle a spring in their step
• Going back to basics
• From the first feed to weaning
• SOURCING THE RIGHT CALF IS HALF THE BATTLE
• Winter shearing delivers increases in lamb birth weight
• Long term leases are a win-win option for farmers and landowners
• Brexit could force our politician­s to face down the supermarke­t chains
• Spring grazing options give us plenty to chew on
• Limited companies yield big tax savings
• Ireland faces ‘significan­t challenge’ in meeting climate change targets
• Why big is not always beautiful for
• Hogan pledges to protect farming in post-Brexit EU
• Tillage sector faces serious disruption from Brexit
• The 300-cow man
• Meet Biddy — Ireland’s top cow
• Trade could be heading for a tipping point
• It’s a game of two halves at the marts
• Factories dig in on prices
• Balanced nutrition holds the key to flock performanc­e
• Machinery Mecca
• Compact and classy in Clare for €895,000
• Top class grazing ground in the heart of ‘Obama Country’
• Farm with forestry guided at €7,000/ac
• Cork farmers raise €26k for emergency service
• Go with the flow and restore rivers to their former glory
• Music with Eddie Rowley
• ‘I know I will be standing up to the vulture funds’

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