Irish Independent - Farming - 2018-06-05

• Farm incomes facing potential €200m hit
• Nothing is finalised yet, but Phil Hogan’s CAP reform proposals represent a potentiall­y decisive shift away from compliance to performanc­e-based farming targets, writes Alan Matthews
• Hogan’s proposals get the thumbs up from Macra
• Farm leaders call on Varadkar to intervene in CAP
• Beef barons, sheikhs and semi-states top farm payments league
• Authoritie­s need to ‘get to grips’ with botulism — ICMSA
• ICA member seeking court injunction on ballot papers
• INTERVIEW
• Craftsmen of the fields and pit are flat out as nature plays catch-up
• Beef lobby ramps up pressure on Mercosur
• Only one in five farms spreading lime
• ‘Action not confrontat­ion needed on climate change’ — IFA
• Sweet outlook for silage crop as first cut gets into full swing
• How a smartphone could take the hard work out of fencing
• The sweet smell of haylage is a balm after our awful winter
• VINTAGE DAY OUT
• Fine weather has boosted dairy herd submission rates to 80pc plus
• Thirty years on from MacSharry, we need another CAP revolution
• The devil is in the detail on land leases and tenants’ rights
• Ireland joins five other EU nations in stand against cuts to CAP budget
• Our new generation of farmers will aim to
• Clock ticking on chance to lobby over new US tariffs
• Work smarter, not harder
• ‘It’s business as usual,’ says new Glanbia chairman
• A launching pad for champions
• Changes to this year’s programme put the emphasis on experience
• Farmers reeling from processors price cuts’ blitz
• Fall-off in numbers driving a price rally
• Grid could be back in force
• Kilkenny farmer has high hopes for milking cows
• National sheep awards set for Cillin Hill Mart
• Steps to cheaper silage
• Compact classic
• Sales season off to a flyer in Leinster
• High hopes for an elevated block of Midlands ground
• Solid Offaly holding on market for €10,000/ac
• Late bidder with deep pockets turns auction into a bidding battle
• Blue Jean Queen wins crown for the Kingdom
• Silent yes vote is the voice of the real ‘new politics’
• Music with Eddie Rowley

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