Irish Independent - Farming - 2017-06-06

• Hill farmers facing a €50m hammer blow on payments
• Dairy sector will require 6,000 skilled workers to maintain expansion plans
• Dodgy oils and fuels are throwing a spanner in the machinery works
• ‘Every farmer should be allowed to sell a site’
• ‘ Frightenin­g’ outlook on farm safety
• Rural TDs demand a new ‘Fair Deal’
• INTERVIEW
• Orphan socks and the meaning of life
• Herd size has trebled since 2010
• Forestry planting by non-farmers up 150pc
• Farm leaders demand 2c/l rise for May milk prices
• Dairy farm debt levels averaging €850 per cow
• Farm groups call for second round of low cost loans
• Missed breeding opportunit­ies carry a significan­t cost
• Dry weather has run rings around the forecaster­s
• BELGOOLY CHAMPION
• Yield potential is back in optimum territory thanks to recent rainfall
• Feeding meal can help reduce weaning stress on lambs
• It’s all about quality rather than quantity for us with this year’s first cut of silage
• Destiny of ‘sentimenta­l’ assets could end in tears without succession planning
• Brexit and other factors will put pressure
• FF calls for €60,000 ceiling on CAP payments
• EU lawmakers move to tighten carbon offsets
• On CAP direct payments
• You gotta know when to dose ’em
• Factories putting the squeeze on lamb quotes
• Silage season gives sellers and buyers more options
• Trade steady apart from a 10c/kg dip for cull cows
• Pressure is building on farming contractor­s
• New distributo­r for McCormick and Landini tractors
• Mild winter has led to increased aphid activity
• New legislatio­n introduces single licence for tree felling
• How to avoid a mastitis meltdown
• The expansion of the national dairy herd has seen a rise in mastitis outbreaks in low cell count herds, writes
• Celebratin­g Tipperary’s equine heritage
• Meath farm exceeds its guide price by €400,000
• Global interest in Dublin farm drives price to €51,000/ac
• Westmeath farm hits the bullseye
• Our ‘golden years’ are set to be longer but less gilded
• Music with Eddie Rowley

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