Irish Independent - Farming - 2020-04-28

• FG and FF facing a rural revolt over coalition deal with Greens
• Stop blaming dairy for TB spike ICMSA
• Getting into bed with the Greens could cost Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil a lot of rural votes
• Bord Bia under fire on its new ‘green deal’ for farm production
• Distillers and brewers urged to intervene in malting barley contracts row
• Marts pushing for May 5 easing of restrictio­ns
• Judge told he is well qualified to hear ‘infertile bull’ case
• Live by the sward: mixing it up can save you money and help the environmen­t
• Why agricultur­e must be to the fore of government formation talks
• ‘I’m a farmer at heart’: the Iraqi cosmetic surgeon exporting Irish cattle to Algeria
• ‘People were knocking on our door looking for ice-cream’
• ‘Ice-cream is not like bread. If something goes wrong, people can get seriously sick’
• How to keep your farm finances afloat during the Covid-19 crisis
• Optimising crop nutrition is the next step following the best crop planting conditions I have ever seen
• Farm systems almost need to be bomb-proof to survive everything being thrown at them
• Extra clover can transform your sward
• If you graze it tight
• Zooming in on cattle condition and other issues via the new tools of our trades
• It’s a guessing game all round as marts battle to keep the trade afloat
• Tentative signs of a prices’ recovery as supplies tighten and demand increases
• Are the factories toying with farmers to flush out supplies?
• Weather gods finally shine on sheep farmers in the west
• Growers face mounting issues posed by pandemic
• Home-bred bulls have turned the tables on foreign sires
• CLASS JAGUAR
• JOHN DEERE 8000 & 9000
• KRONE BIG X
• Golden fields sell for €16,000/acre
• Three sales in north Galway net over €1.1m
• ‘Major’ opportunit­y in east Clare
• ‘We wanted the farm to be biodiverse so we stopped putting all our eggs in one basket’
• The greatest tragedy for the living will be to go back to the way we were before this crisis

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