Irish Independent - Farming - 2018-08-14

• TB outbreak spiralling out of control warns IFA
• Return of drought conditions a ‘real possibilit­y’ warn experts
• Fertiliser spreading season extended
• Farmers cancelling holidays to battle the fodder crisis
• Minister and farming leaders on a climate change collision course
• Europe-wide drought piles pressure on feed supplies
• Strong interest reported for fodder schemes
• He spent decades working in famine-stricken war zones, but Steve Collins is now building a farming enterprise from scratch in West Cork, writes
• Walsh’s offensive farmer-baiting comments made me lose my rag
• Sprouting machine can help solve fodder crisis
• Taking no chances of running out of water
• Milk prices rise but market still ‘volatile’
• Auctioneer­s call for stamp duty cut on land sales
• Pig farmers demand action on feed prices
• Crime and isolation biggest rural issues
• It’s showtime
• Risk analysis now an essential tool for all farmers
• Empty cows getting their ‘leaving certs’ as drought bites
• We will be drawing on barley stores to beat silage shortfall
• It’s decision time for store lamb producers in the west
• Shortest ever growing season sees massive variations on yields
• Economic recovery a mirage for many farming families
• Grass growth at historic low across much of Europe
• The banks and accountant­s are the real digital
• Monsanto insists Roundup is ‘safe’ despite US court verdict
• Dinosaurs in our farming sector
• Dudley delight as Kilsunny Herefords sweep the board
• Record-breaking stalwart fears for rural shows’ future
• Belgian Blue tops trade in North Cork at €1,450
• Trade steady for lambs and culls
• Better quality animals drive on the beef prices’ rally
• IN THE KNOW
• Pendulum swings back in favour of the farmer
• Safety a big winner at invention show
• €1.65m is the asking price for a period residence standing on a mix of tillage, grazing and forestry ground in Co Wexford, reports
• A racing certainty in south Tipp
• ‘Powerful’ Cork farm for €1.45m
• CASE STUDY
• Fodder crisis putting premium on forage crops
• Celebratin­g the best in Show at the RDS
• Hero stallion does the business yet again
• I remember that Somerville in Dublin...
• Action stations as Gibson discovers Treasure Island
• Opera hopeful learned craft in milking parlour
• False informatio­n, fake news and a wearying cycle of hollow promises
• Music with Eddie Rowley
• ‘You can’t turn a stone without an official butting in’

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