Irish Independent - Farming - 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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