Irish Independent - Farming - 2020-01-14

• Beef grid is not delivering the goods for farmers says QPS designer
• Beef Plan leaders propose mediation with directors
• Beef exports plan needs to ‘proceed with caution’ warns ABP’s Goodman
• The Greens and farmers don’t have to be mortal enemies
• Diversify away from dairy and beef, Greens tell farmers
• ‘Live exports a blight on the country’
• ‘I had never even held a gun... I simply apologised to Glenda, and squeezed the trigger’
• Off-farm income remains the sector’s prime defence against market volatility
• 2020 should be payback time for sheep farmers
• Back to business
• Labour pressures rather than calf welfare will be the big challenge on dairy farms this spring
• Factories
• In the know...
• Processors are playing the waiting game on quotes
• Removal and hydration are key for preventing the spread of a costly scour outbreak during the peak calving season
• Making the most of nature’s liquid gold
• Canadian wonder cow delivers a lasting legacy for Angus breeder
• All of us should leave the echo chamber and engage with different shades of opinion
• Farmers gearing up for Operation TransFARMa­tion

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