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Mixed-type farms can boost efficiency and cut costs -- plus spark your interest
We live on a main road in the south east and almost every day we see big loads of straw heading north and west. When transport costs are added, this straw will not be cheap.
Farm bodies demand action on credit
farm organisations have cranked up the pressure on both the Government and financial regulatory authorities to act on the continuing credit squeeze.
Gardai probe dumping of dead sheep
A GARDA investigation is now underway into two instances of illegal dumping of sheep carcasses in Co Galway.
Fat score splits add another 50 grid categories
SEVERAL grades that are not on the official list for the Quality Payment System (QPS) for cattle are being operated by the factories, it has emerged.
Calf exports hit an all-time high
Weekly live exports of calves, weanlings and finished cattle have hit record levels.
Dale Farm to invest €43m
Ulster dairy processor Dale Farm is to invest €43m (£39m) in plants in Tyrone and Antrim in one of the largest-ever investments in the Northern dairy sector by a single company.
Pulling out all the stops to capture more customers
We are again at the beginning of the busiest period in the farming calendar -- albeit delayed by the weather. Ploughing is well under way for this year's cereal planting. Grass growth has been setback by the cold but, weather permitting, silage is not too far away.
Breeders get set to enter top bulls for Tully testing
Application forms for the next intake of bulls for the Tully Test Centre are being sent to breeders this week. The station is aiming for between 70 and 80 bulls in the spring intake, which is due to start on May 22.
Dept holds back REPS payments as queries sent back to planners
PAYMENTS to thousands of REPS farmers have been delayed because plans have had to be returned to the original planners to be amended.
Horses: Staying one step ahead of the rest
The Irish Sport Horse studbook has topped the world rankings for eventing for 15 years now -- a record that reflects the success of our breeders in finding the type of animal that has the speed, carefulness and quality to compete in all three disciplines.
Inside News & Features
- Debt-free co-op key to Glanbia sale plan
- Herlihy backs dairy revamp
- Tag delays may hinder sheep live export trade
- IFA targets €250m drop in input costs
- French boost live exports by 10.5pc
- Coupling
- Hedgecutters
- Deere security
- Deere services packages
- EU laws set to curtail retailers' buying clout
- Dawn Meats to issue SOS plea
- Will we be stupid enough to fall for the next 'this will get you rich' sell?
- Glanbia sale has issues to iron out
- Let's hope for success and a hassle-free birthing season for real farmers
- Banks need to work with our farmers
- IFA calls for single waterways agency
- Poorer nations boost GM planting
- Holstein Friesian breeding myths are thing of the past
- Critical to pay attention to cows' body condition score
- Callous cruelty seen in monster proportions
- Farm transfer fears
- Big strides in genomics
- Follow recommended advice to prevent or deal with neglect
- Kerry Group in talks with Arrabawn on Dawn sale
- ICSA claims new AEOS payments are out of touch
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- Ireland's wake-up call
- Airport authority is told to slash pay at new terminal
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- 29 property suicides leave State unmoved
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- President of indebted university enjoying the high life
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Columnist Comments
• Kevin Myers: Reality is indeed stranger than the maddest fiction
Alice was looking pale and sullen and her cucumber sandwiches lay uneaten before her.
• Martina Devlin: Shoppers going north are not traitors, just sensible
This time it's Brian Lenihan's turn to do his patriotic duty. When he tried to discourage us from cross-border shopping last year, on the grounds that we'd be paying "her majesty's taxes" rather than contributing to the Republic's economy, his reproach fell on deaf ears.
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