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2017-09-19
Land prices soar by 32pc
€2bn PER YEAR The potential cost of climate change for Irish farming
‘Huge’ number of cattle have already been housed due to heavy rains
Retailers carve up another slice of beef price
Mercosur and Brexit ‘double whammy’ for beef sector
Italian connection prompts surge of interest in GM-free maize
Breeding societies back calls to scrap beef grading system
Dairy farmers driving output with quality feed
I hate going to the Ploughing but I love it when I get there
Restriction won’t solve pesticide issues says Department
Farm organisations getting into election mode
Don’t fire up your chainsaw until paperwork is completed
Extra weight gain may be needed to compensate for drop in beef prices
Housing cows for the night is not the backend we expected
Ewes are hitting peak condition ahead of the breeding season
There’s ‘crazy money’ on offer for land leases but proceed with extreme caution
‘I was always mad to come home and mad to farm’
Eight ways a drystock farmer can jump on the dairy gravy train
‘It is time for us to stop apologising’
Supplies set to remain strong
Sheep sector defies sterling’s slump
THE CREAM OF CHAROLAIS TAKE CENTRE-STAGE IN TULLAMORE
Angus Society celebrate on the double
Top Texels head for the Breeders’ Tunnel
Super milkers go on display at Ploughing
Progeny from top sires focus point on AI stands
Suffolk Society highlight crossbreeding benefits
‘It’s more responsibility as you’re trying to get a good in-calf rate’
‘It has definitely allowed us to streamline the operation’
Contract rearing: it’s all about trust
Farmers are running to stand still on profit margins
The return of the Oak
Farm income insurance will be central to
Brexit a concern but farmers won’t let it stifle ambitions
Upcoming CAP shake-up
Stress busters Tommy Heffernan’s 7-step guide to reducing stress and disease pressures in autumn weanlings
Latest factory cuts get under farmers’ skin
Bullock trade still steady to strong in most categories
Finishers are beginning to regain some lost ground
Liam paves the way for success
Downpours lead to early housing of forward lambs
Seven simple checks to keep you on the road this autumn
Nif ty all-rounders
Five smaller SUVs that can still pack a serious punch
A heavy duty performer
Massey Ferguson roll out the big guns for the Ploughing
New frontiers New Holland has totally revamped its mid range tractor offering, reports
Redrock machinery on a roll
It’s swings and roundabouts in volatile farm land market
Tipperary bucks the trend in quiet Munster market
Looking for a buyer? Look no further than your neighbour
‘Strong’ buyers digging deeper
Average prices hit €12,560/ac in most expensive region
Forestry companies dominating land sales in parts of the west
Local farmer sees off rival bidders for Golden farm
All bases covered in Tipperary
Celine Naughton
The theatre director who keeps a herd of Herefords fed and watered
Our artistic heritage takes centre stage at the Ploughing
Champions, characters and controversies are chronicled in a new history of our ploughing culture, writes Giants furrow
‘I got some funny looks when I went to Oxegen’
Country people need to stop pandering to hokey stereotypes
Music with Eddie Rowley
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