Irish Independent - Farming - 2020-03-31

• Beef and sheep price collapse leaves farm sector facing financial crisis
• Coronaviru­s crisis is a wake-up call we all need to buy more food from local producers
• ‘Silence is one thing I never expected to hear at a mart’
• Agri laboratori­es switch focus to Covid-19 testing
• Dairy farmers may be forced to cut output or dump milk
• Solicitors witnessing wills through clients’ windows
• Animal feed sales demand running 20pc ahead of normal
• ‘Fundamenta­l shift’ needed on dairy breeding – ICSA
• Many farmers in the west and northwest will see payments increase, while some in the southeast will lose out in the EU’s move to flatten CAP payments to €256/hectare
• Farms are oases of normality amid the chaos as Mother Nature does her thing
• The connection between oil prices and milk prices remains a mystery
• How can I stop my noisy neighbours from ruining the one day off I have?
• Gamble on goats has come up trumps for cheesemake­r
• ‘I found the Teagasc help on developing recipes invaluable’
• Transition­al CAP looks likely as EU grapples with Covid-19 crisis
• Don’t underestim­ate value of EBI to your herd
• Climate changes mean we will need to pay more attention to soil management
• Put a plan in place for tight grass supplies as flocks are turned out
• Spring barley looks a sound option as beef finishers plan around reduced feed wheat yields
• How to protect yourself against costly legal battles if livestock deals go wrong
• Quotes slashed again and weight penalties back on the agenda
• What was shaping up to be a great year for sheep farmers has become a nightmare
• There are dangers in farm-to-farm trading of livestock
• Planting the seeds for maximum productivi­ty and profitabil­ity
• Dung worth its weight in gold for organic reseeding
• Mountfarna herd bucks trend to dominate at Cillin Hill
• Limousins lead way as Herefords and Simmentals struggle
• Angus still in strong demand as Covid-19 affects Kilkenny trade
• In last week’s edition, our machinery correspond­ent wrote that farmers should expect lower contractor bills as diesel prices tumble. But this week, farm contractor­s’ spokesman argues that’s an unfair and misleading analysis
• Spic and span Cavan holding ideal for a starter dairy farm
• Rich pickings in the midlands for €730,000
• While the rest of the world wonders how to fill all this spare time, farmers will always be busy
• ‘I wanted people to be able to buy our eggs directly from us as well as in the shops’

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