Irish Independent - Farming - 2021-01-12

• Farmers are ‘sitting ducks’ for Covid-19, warns medic
• We must not gloss over wider society’s role in a scandal that shames our nation
• Cork blaze won’t disrupt grain supplies to farmers — R&H Hall
• ‘Irish Grass Fed Beef ’ PGI not protected in Brexit deal
• ‘No protected urea residues in milk’, Teagasc trials find
• Leading GAA ref and farmer received €27,000 in illegal dole payments
• Department inspection­s breaching Covid guidelines, claim farm leaders
• ‘I found out the inspector who visited my farm had contracted Covid — he’d worn no protective equipment on my farm’
• Covid-19 on the farm: ‘I was able to stay going, but what would have happened on the farm if I was worse?’
• Forestry logjam is bordering on a national fiasco
• Brexit compromise has dragged us back from an economic cliff-edge
• Stigmatise­d children used as cheap or free labour
• ‘Boarded out’ children from the Home were delivered like a puppy to their new owners
• ‘You’d walk round and pick a child – farmers wanted a strong one’
• Baby home survivors fight Revenue over inheritanc­e tax ‘discrimina­tion’
• WALTER FRANCIS’S STORY ‘The high walls were like prison walls... I don’t remember going to school’
• ‘They made it very clear they were not my parents. I was taken out to work...I would class myself as a slave’
• ‘I blame the State just as much as the Church for what went on’
• It’s a slug’s life: how to minimise damage by these destructiv­e pests
• Pre-lambing nutrition has a major bearing on flock viability
• Make housing a priority ahead of the calving season
• Take steps now to avoid silage wastage as alternativ­e forage is in short supply
• Stagnant quotes piling the pressure on winter finishers
• Small sales but solid prices as mart trade soldiers on
• Beef veteran averages €1,680/hd and 100pc clearance at special in-calf heifer sale
• Farmers should make hay while the sun shines
• Marts STANDOUT PRICES
• How to look after newborn calves to ensure you end up with profitable cows
• Online bonanza for top Hereford breeder
• Rocket zooms to the top of the heifer rankings
• Pickups are no longer just for the heavy lifting
• Ford Ranger Built to handle the rough with the smooth
• Mitsubishi L200 Luxury and stability in spades
• Hilux flexes its muscles with a bold new look
• Nissan Navara A great partner for work and leisure
• SsangYong Musso Grand Strength and steel
• Farm Property Price Survey 2020 Land values hold firm despite sales decline
• Dairy farmers and investors drive south-east land to a sunny €15,000/ac
• Once in a generation farm sale sets the tone in north Leinster
• Private treaty sales rule the roost down south
• Inishowen farm sale the highlight of a quiet year
• ‘Maybe it’s better to keep things simple and do 60 cows rather than 100 or 150 for the sake of it’
• If you’re feeling overwhelme­d, you’re not alone — and taking one day at a time can get you through

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