Irish Independent - Farming - 2018-09-11

• Fatigue is a massive issue for farmers and the consequenc­es can be deadly
• Pig farmers’ margins now at rock bottom warn Teagasc
• IFA: Beef sector needs co-op model on prices
• Soaring costs and falling incomes pile the pressure on farmers
• Macra calls for extension on Stamp Duty incentives
• Ploughing organisers gear up for 300,000 plus crowds
• ‘They pay no heed to
• Get active to fend off gloom of the long dark nights after Samhain
• Life beyond the Shannon’
• Post-Brexit meat imports could see hormone-treated beef enter the food chain
• WELSH TAKE TOP HONOURS AT INTERNATIO­NAL SHEEPDOG TRIALS
• Talks to resolve vets dispute recommence
• Concern over increase in ewe and ram slaughteri­ngs
• Our grass growth has been exceptiona­l over the last month
• Empty cows need to be offloaded now to cut winter fodder costs
• Shape up or ship out is the bottom line on stock bulls
• Five-star treatment for the ewes ahead of breeding season
• Spring crop intakes back by up to 30pc and bean yields take a battering
• How to negotiate your way through the CPO minefield
• Fatigue is a massive issue for farmers and the
• New player making waves in beef breeding
• Commission moves on US beef imports deal
• Hogan lashes Mercosur ‘megaphone’ tactics
• Consequenc­es can be deadly
• New Zealand dairy sector facing a radical shake-up
• Stellar line-up for Longines Weekend
• Stability name of the game in the lamb trade
• IN THE KNOW
• Tentative signs of a price bounce
• Factories go in for the kill on beef prices
• Mayo’s year topped by All-Ireland title
• No Dowd about Shorthorn star
• Anatrim Bodybuilde­r has strong links to Simmental champions
• Deere 9000
• The Froment of truth for dynamomete­r agent Adam
• Series a cut above the rest
• Prime Kildare land for €9,000/ac
• Traditiona­l homestead on 93ac guided at €750,000
• Georgian style in Clare for €1m-plus
• Carlow farm beats its guide price by over €500,000
• South Leinster farms guided at €12,000/ac
• Sales galloping ahead in south Tipp
• Whatever happened to the ideal of cherishing all of our nation’s children equally?
• ‘I’ve enjoyed being a Jack the Lad’ – Rod
• Handing on a lifetime of experience

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