Irish Independent - Farming - 2017-06-27

• Dairy set to expand into new territory
• Tipping point
• ‘Fertiliser was cheap, there was a big demand for food, so we fired it on’
• Department employee attacked farmer in mart
• Beef price cuts costing farmers €1m/week
• If you go down to Woodfield today, you’re sure of a big surprise...
• ‘I could have won an All-Ireland with Mayo’
• Farmers facing a Brexit ‘double whammy’ - ICSA
• It’s boomtime for sheep
• Ovine All Blacks are top of the flocks in Athenry
• Grass management skills can be the beef farmer’s secret weapon
• Rogue seeds are a growing problem for tillage farmers
• Maintainin­g quality grass supply is the main focus as we wean the lambs SUSSING OUT THE SHEEP
• The heat and humidity tested both man and beast alike
• Dairy growth poses threat to future of suckler sector
• Beef heavyweigh­ts looking to US and Chinese markets
• Don’t get mad — get even on financial complaints
• EU skimmed milk powder tender move boosts dairy outlook
• The hard scientific data proves that farmers
• ‘Critical time’ for Carbery says CEO
• Grain prices harden as drought fears increase
• Need to keep faith in the ICBF
• Wexford breeder is top of the Texels
• Spring lamb down another 20c-30c/kg
• Prices soften at the marts as processors pull prices
• Factories holding the line on beef price cuts
• Change of system is delivering dividends
• Five steps to summer
• Fertiliser management
• Debt trap Agricultur­al contractor­s are funding huge levels of farmer debt, reports Derek Casey
• ‘The traditiona­l Irish Sport Horse could be non-existent within a decade’
• Italian style in the midlands
• Beef and milk barons set to battle it out for 700ac in Roscommon
• Kilkenny farm goes for €8,460/ac
• ‘Dream’ dairy holding in Limerick for €10,000/ac
• Duck-herding sheep dog stars at Fingal festival
• ‘Loan star’ state? Irish banks must drop facade
• Now is the right time for Shania’s return

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