Irish Independent - Farming - 2017-02-14

• Creed rules out suckler subsidy plan
• Darragh McCullough
• Killer dog still on the loose in south-east
• Milk price rises to 31c/l despite ‘nervous’ market
• Hugo Maguire calling it a day after five decades in dairying
• Irish opt-out on nitrates is under threat
• Farmers stage protest at IFA event
• INTERVIEW
• Who says romance isn’t alive and well down on the farm?
• ‘The UK will always want food and we have always delivered’
• Forestry land values predicted to rise 10pc
• Wetlands drainage could raise CO2 levels
• Galvin elected IFA chairman in Limerick
• Plan ahead to reduce lambing season stresses
• Last year’s turbulence has highlighte­d the importance of sustainabl­e farming systems
• It’s all systems go for us as lambing season approaches
• Change in the weather gives us a pause for thought
• Herd test is always stressful regardless of the final results
• McDONALD CLAN
• The pros and cons of partnershi­ps versus company status for farmers
• Irish politician­s up the Brexit ante in Brussels
• New investment deal for forestry is welcome but
• ‘Supermarke­t prices an insult to food producers’ — Healy
• Northern food bosses moot quota system with the south
• The devil will be in the detail
• Siobhán English
• Quotes edge upwards by 5-10c/kg
• Steer trade solid but the heifers take a wallop
• Factories maintain pressure on prices
• Sale season opens strong
• Machinery Show packs a Punch
• What they said...
• Château Ford
• Tiger-era residence on 21ac guided at €550,000
• Meath tillage ground for €8,500 an acre
• 300 Icelandic swans swoop on midland farm
• It’s a hard taskmaster but capitalism actually works

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