Irish Independent - Farming - 2020-03-03

• Contractor price hikes to pile pressure on farmers
• Feeding time
• Flower power
• The beef farmer carving out a niche with celebrity chefs
• Why the Fair Deal scheme is still loaded against farmers
• Slurry storage causing big problems on intensive farms
• Banning below-cost selling would give farmers a chance of staying afloat
• Young farmers facing stamp duty hikes as relief review ordered
• ‘Majority of dairy farmers should look at going organic’ says Glenisk boss
• Farmer loses breach of contract action over cow sale
• A third of electricit­y now comes from wind
• Cavalier attitude to livestock quarantine is putting our entire food industry at risk
• Form a government quickly to sort out the pressing issues facing us
• The farmer and writer who followed his heart
• ‘You can have every bit as much love and romance with a girl who has money as with a girl who has none’
• ‘I was dead set on going out on my own — I wanted to be my own boss’
• A lone man in his own house is still a powerful attraction
• Gilligans aiming to have a carbon-neutral farming operation within a decade
• ‘There’s something wrong when a farmer can’t make a living from 100 acres of land’
• ‘Climate change is both an opportunit­y and a threat for my business’
• Case study — what nursing care might cost a farmer
• Beef farmers need to reassess the economics of persisting with young bull finishing system
• Devastatin­g rainfall makes on/off grazing an essential
• It’s vital to ensure lambs suck within an hour of birth
• It’s time to empower farmers to take the lead on environmen­tal protection measures
• ‘I haven’t dosed a ewe for gut worm in ten years’
• Outbreak of optimism as mart trade thrives
• In the know...
• Coronaviru­s could affect short-term cattle trade
• Beef trade will not be immune to this global health crisis
• How to manage dairy-to-beef calves’ health after purchase
• It pays to have everything in place ahead of calving
• ‘There’s still life in the suckler trade for good-quality continenta­ls’
• Contractor­s not hedging their bets
• Calculatin­g the cost of a hedge cutter to satisfy both farmer and contractor
• Farms on the double in north Tipperary
• Keen bidding is anticipate­d for prime midlands arable ground
• Solid farms in the west from €7,000 per acre
• All bases covered on traditiona­l style residentia­l farm in Cork
• Prime beef holding expected to fetch €10,000/ac
• Talking won’t cure prostate cancer, but it helps dispel men’s fears about the disease
• Scaling Croagh Patrick for heart health funding

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