Irish Independent - Farming - 2018-10-09

• Vital calf export trade faces severe disruption
• €10m underspend on beef genomics scheme
• Teagasc eyes up €12m land deal but still faces ‘significan­t’ financial issues
• September beef kill highest in 15 years
• Hiving off CAP supports could help save the bees
• Creed: farmers’ health must be main priority in fungicides debate
• Digital ditches could hit farmers in the pocket
• State bureaucrac­y is choking projects claim Leader officials
• What will the farms of the future look like? And what trends and technologi­es will shape them? goes in search of some answers
• Political system is letting farmers down as TDs look after their own
• Partnershi­p approach the way forward in succession stakes
• Dairy outlook stable despite global threats
• Merger must deliver top price to dairy farmers — ICMSA
• Beef sector’s woes shouldn’t be laid at dairy farmers’ doors
• Expansion is damaging animals, environmen­t and stockmen
• Cows are eating grass at an alarming rate!
• ‘Good bacteria’ will protect lambing sheds from disease
• Optimum conditions for winter planting after break in weather
• How do I keep these shooters off my land?
• Austrians lend support to coalition opposed to post-2020 CAP cuts
• Access to low-cost lending remains the biggest
• The curious case of the cow that got paid on the double
• Budgetary priority for farmers
• EU ministers deal blow to below-cost-selling campaign
• MACHINERY HYGIENE IS THE FIRST STEP IN HALTING BLACKGRASS
• Price leakage plugged for now
• Trade for lighter stock continues to improve
• IN THE KNOW
• We’re producing the world’s best beef so why are prices so low?
• Top cows ready to go toe-to-toe for supreme accolade
• WEANLING TRADE GETS TIMELY BOOST FROM STRONG SALE IN KANTURK
• How to lessen the impact of potential fodder deficits
• New directions
• ESSENTIAL VIEWING FOR CONTRACTOR­S
• Elevating power and productivi­ty
• Rare opportunit­ies west of the Shannon
• Laois land hits €18,600 per acre in latest sales
• Versatile midlands holding with dairy conversion potential
• BOYNESIDE ESTATE FOR €1.75M
• Wicklow farm tops €1m mark after lots of bidding
• Auctioneer secures the ‘last penny’ in nail-biting sale
• I’ve seen the future of farming and it’s robotic
• Hit the road, Mac
• ‘I always knew in my heart I would return to Donegal’

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