Irish Independent - Farming - 2017-02-21

• Creed unveils new National Reserve fund
• Flying doctors
• ‘We need every community to get behind this service’
• Massive deer cull needed in Wicklow, claim experts
• Tillage crisis fund is back on the table
• Protests mount over proposed regional vet lab closures
• IFA man loses out in LacPatrick board vote
• Minister and IFA on collision course over suckler cash ‘Blue murder brewing among beef farmers’, warns Healy
• Calf trade remains strong despite exports uncertaint­y
• INTERVIEW
• Every farm has landmarks with a story to tell
• Expansion plans will focus on company’s core values
• Forgotten farmers face uphill battle in Brussels
• €35m Hen Harrier scheme in the pipeline
• Labour shortages increase the risk of post-calving problems
• Dosing the ewes with minerals delivers hardier lambs
• Why once-a-day feeding can make life a lot easier
• It’s organised chaos at times but we are moving full steam ahead
• Employing family members can deliver substantia­l tax savings
• EU-Canada trade deal part of ‘perfect storm’ for beef sector
• Commission­er Hogan needs public backing
• IFA lobbies Europe to maintain nitrate opt-outs
• ‘All-island’ agri-sector needs a post-Brexit free-trade agreement
• For his vision on CAP reform
• Growing pains
• Factories are ‘scouring’ the land for hoggets
• Heavy heifers back by over €70 per head in two weeks
• Slight boost for heifers but price pressure continues
• French connection has paid off in style
• Skimping on genomics is a ‘false economy’
• Going the extra mile for flock expansion
• Top loader
• Tipp top ground for €7,500/ac
• Country retreat on 7ac likely to break the million mark
• Grass and tillage farm guided at up to €10,000 per acre
• ‘Outsiders can open up our eyes to
• Stone masters
• What is under our noses’
• Working up a thirst in the Slieve Blooms
• GIY plans a network of 20 ‘cottage’ markets
• The rise of machines is not that far away
• ‘The years tell on you but farming is still a grand life’

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