Irish Independent - Farming - 2019-02-12

• Letting land supply hits a record low
• Grass growth surge worth €1.5m a day to farmers
• Resistance growing to dosing products, warns vet
• Cork paid quarter of TAMS dairy funds
• Finishers facing six-week wait to get young bulls killed
• Barley growers fear prices slump as buyers ‘aren’t biting’
• Strong farmer demand driving early calf sales
• They began with 10 acres four years ago; this year they have contracted 33 farmers to grow 600 acres. The founders of Ireland’s leading hemp business talk to about their journey and the crop’s potential as an alternativ­e for tillage farmers
• Is big business leading to a loss of empathy and understand­ing?
• Farming’s great growth dilemma
• We’re banking on a stable breeding future
• Cutting corners in the calving season is piling stress on cows and stockmen
• Spring is off to a positive start but after 2018, we are taking no chances
• Farmers are being bamboozled by this inspection­s bureaucrac­y
• Factories need to get real with their quotes
• The pros and cons of putting the farm into company status
• Urgent need for no-deal Brexit action, warn agri-food groups
• Our ‘green’ farming credential­s are set to
• Milk price to remain at 30-32c/l predicts Ornua
• Come under greater scrutiny
• Prices steady at €5.20/kg
• IN THE KNOW
• Prosecco pops Champion fizz
• Donegal’s Ardstewart­poll herd dominates Hereford action
• ‘Juggling a dairy farm with polocrosse can be hectic’
• A SPORT THAT DEMANDS ACCURACY, QUICK THINKING AND TOP CLASS HORSEMANSH­IP
• Letting land supply at a record low
• Dairy farmer pays €18,000/ac for prime Cork holding
• A farm for all seasons
• Young couple secure Wexford holding in bidding marathon
• Caitlin urging other girls to join her on charity Tractor Run
• Will we end up paying for Dublin’s mistakes — again?
• Ryan’s about to get the full Picture of fame
• IF SIMON HARRIS WANTS TO CHAMPION THE CHILDREN, HE SHOULD FORGET HIS HEROICS AND JUST DO HIS JOB, BUT THERE IS PRECIOUS LITTLE SIGN OF THIS
• ‘The 30-month age limit has to be scrapped’

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