Irish Independent - Farming - 2020-08-18

• It’s mask up or face the risk of mart closures, farmers warned
• Straw prices set to rise 50pc this autumn, warn traders
• Farmers should take the lead on masks to protect themselves and the future of their local marts
• Beef Plan told to ‘get their house in order’
• Farmers facing additional costs under new water protection rules
• IFA slams ‘scaremonge­ring’ over increased land designatio­ns
• Bord Bia grass-fed beef proposal will give processors more power – IFA
• ‘Don’t use Covid crisis as an excuse to slash beef prices,’ factories warned
• Farmers are sitting ducks for Covid-19 if they don’t follow the basic precaution­s
• ‘You can’t socialise any more, there is nothing left to look forward to...’
• Allowing teens behind the wheels of powerful tractors is a tragedy waiting to happen
• Masking up at the mart is a small price to pay to protect farming’s future
• On track for a farm with a difference
• Wexford couple spread their wings to create a successful farm business
• ‘The additional business is essential for a small farm in today’s environmen­t’
• Take time out to ask the hard questions about the direction of your farming life
• Abundance of forage and grazing is a stark contrast to the slump in spring cereal yields
• Dairy farmers have a duty to support our grain growers where possible
• Better grass utilisatio­n will hugely boost your profits
• Put crop rotations top of the priority list
• Numbers and factory fears drive prices downwards
• Anger at ‘threat’ to prices as more disruption looms for processors
• ‘Factories need farmers more than farmers need factories at present’
• Kerry bull set to join the Limousin all-time greats of suckler breeding
• Entries flooding in as the NSA keep show on the road with online national competitio­n
• Abbey’s new 10.5m tanker booms ‘35pc better than standard-width slurry applicator­s’
• Let the good tines roll: Pöttinger unveil new stubble cultivator­s
• We need to increase organic herd numbers to satisfy rising demand
• Agri merchant and dairy farmer splash €11m on a once-in-a-lifetime farm sale
• Land sales buck the economic gloom
• Get Down to business in the Mourne County
• ‘The singing is a good release from farming, but it’s a hobby. I don’t let it compete with my work’
• There’s no place like home as we rediscover the pleasures of guaranteed Irish holidays

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