Irish Independent - Farming - 2018-10-23

• Beef prices harden on back of British demand
• Silage costs slide but many farmers still in fodder deficit
• ICMSA questions processors’ ‘negative vibes’ on milk
• EU officials in favour of banning key fungicide
• Cash does the talking in place of tall tales and fake news
• Farmer of the Year finalists announced
• IFA demands final settlement for the ‘forgotten farmers’
• Teagasc baffled by ongoing decline in lime applicatio­n
• ‘Every extra tonne of grass grown increases profits by €173 per hectare’
• New treatments cut N losses from slurry by 97pc
• Planting the
• The times they are a-changing — daylight saving call could cause havoc
• Seeds of hope
• Data issues will not delay KT payments, claims Department
• Foyle Meats move challenges the consensus on QA payments
• Quality of first cut silage crop could pose big issues this winter
• Sheep farming demands Tom Crean-like endurance
• We have started to house the cows after the best backend in years
• Aphicides aren’t what they used to be and are wiping out the good guys
• Grazing a trail
• Commission ready to reopen US beef import negotiatio­ns
• In farming as in sport, retirement is all about
• Farmers draw down over €20m from Glanbia credit scheme
• Getting out while you are ahead
• ‘I knew at a young age that it was all I would ever want to do’
• Prices hold at €4.80-4.85/kg
• Static mart prices can’t hide beef trade fears
• IN THE KNOW
• Foyle move raises big questions on QA criteria
• Rhapsody for Milliedale at National Show
• Laurelelm adds Glamour to accolades at Millstreet
• Innovative Tuam firm has something to crow about
• Medicine Scanner adds to Herdwatch success
• Irish organic sector eyeing €17bn French and German markets
• LAMB PRODUCER PUTS BEST LEG FORWARD TO CLAIM TOP AWARD
• It’s dairy gold in
• Compact holding with tourism potential guided at €550,000
• Ready-to-go pig unit with scope to expand ‘great value’ at €2m
• Outsiders breeze in for midland farmland sales
• TRADITIONA­L MEATH HOMESTEAD ON 93AC SELLS UNDER THE HAMMER FOR €830,000
• A slice of the midlands for €8,000/ac
• Why has childhood become such a regimented grind?
• Rememberin­g Christie
• DR GRAY CLAIMS THE DECLINE IN PLAY HAS BEEN ACCOMPANIE­D BY A RISE IN ANXIETY DISORDERS, DEPRESSION AND SUICIDES — A WORLD WITHOUT PLAY IS DEPRESSING AND ANXIETY-PROVOKING
• ‘There is a great future for farmers who are adding value to their milk’

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