Irish Independent - Farming - 2018-06-26

• Farmers are facing a heatwave meltdown
• Creed and An Taisce clash on dairy emissions figures
• Mart restrictio­ns will cause ‘a fiasco’
• Norwegian processors offer rich pickings for Irish meat workers
• ‘We fed all the way to May and now we are back feeding again’
• Farmers defied severe winter to keep cattle losses to a minimum
• ICMSA: Brexit will be a ‘balancing act’
• Probe into poultry link to botulism
• Appeal officials head back to Oireachtas
• Animal rescue centres deserve our support – and more funding
• ‘Major surge’ in Green Cert applicatio­ns
• ‘Make Ireland an island of agri-tech innovators’
• Older farmers need a Macra-style body to fight their corner
• Land market ‘gone crazy’ as average prices hit €14,000 per acre
• Labour savings will compensate for EID scheme costs: Creed
• Dog walkers putting rare breed of cow at risk, warn councillor­s
• Wean lambs early to reduce demand for grass
• QUALITY MILKING
• Land is burning up as our year of extreme weather takes another twist
• We have a long way to go in creating a truly sustainabl­e dairying industry
• Organic sources will become a bigger part of the fertiliser mix
• More EU countries join rising tide against cuts to farm budgets
• The farming lobby may be overestima­ting their
• Promotion of organic meat ‘a shambles’, claims ICSA
• Influence as a hard Brexit looms
• Derby legends
• Factories using ‘extra ewes as lamb back up’
• Lack of grass sends poorer stock out ahead of time
• Cattlemen counting the cost of dairy expansion
• It’s all in the genes as Miley flock sweeps the board
• Vendeens first out of the blocks for autumn sales and shows
• Mower mayhem
• Take two: contractor­s gearing up for the second cut
• Good pedigree
• Tipperary farm sells for €23,000/ac as auction season gets into full swing
• A roll call of champions at iconic Kildare stud
• Offaly farm tops the million mark
• West Wicklow farm guided at €8,000/ac
• Farmers lead way in battle to be Rose Escort of the Year
• We will become the next victims of history if we fail to embrace immigrants

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