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Beef price hike now essential to salvage the embattled grid
Tuesday February 09 2010
All hell has broken out over the introduction of the quality payment grid for beef cattle. This changeover was never going to be seamless. Objections are inevitable where a large section of cattle owners are losers.
Teagasc targets breeding losses
Tuesday February 09 2010
LAST YEAR was a difficult one for breeders and the autumn's three-year-old and foal prices have given breeders much to think about.
Balancing the SFP argument
Tuesday February 09 2010
Ireland implemented the Single Farm Payment (SFP) system in 2005, which was based on the value of historical payments accumulated by each individual farmer. In contrast, several other EU member states, including the UK, opted for a regional-type payment based on each hectare, and this is also compatible with the payment system in the then new accession member states.
New SFP will hit finishers hardest
Tuesday February 09 2010
Full-time farmers finishing cattle have the most to lose if the Single Farm Payment (SFP) moves to a flat area-based system.
Dail watchdog urges mystery agency to admit 'super-junket'
Tuesday February 02 2010
THE Dail spending watchdog has called for the mystery state agency behind one of the largest tax-funded junkets to reveal itself.
Greenfield unit may offer hope for dairying so just give it time
Tuesday February 02 2010
The Greenfield dairy farm project on the Kilkenny/ Carlow border is very interesting. This 15-year project involves setting up a 350-cow dairy unit on a 117ha leased greenfield site that was previously in tillage.
Reap the forest benefits
Tuesday February 02 2010
Perhaps the best way to convince people of the benefits that forestry can bestow on their properties is to show examples of how farmers have already established woods on their land and profited from them.
Soil and location offer just 5-10pc grass difference
Tuesday February 02 2010
Farm location and soil type account for only 5-10pc of the difference in grass production on individual farms, delegates at the Irish Grassland Association conference were told.
Grain conference offers some hope
Tuesday February 02 2010
It wasn't difficult to judge the mood of tillage farmers who attended the National Tillage Conference last week. Although there was a sense of apathy among many, others arrived with some optimism as the cost of fertiliser was a long way down from last year. There was a quiet questioning of the whole tillage production system and whether crops should be planted this spring or not.
Septoria fight hit by ban on recruitment
Tuesday February 02 2010
A NEW strain of septoria that's resistant to the major fungicides used to control it could threaten the future of wheat growing in Ireland.
