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Potato milk trend gives Irish farmers the ideal opportunity to board the plant-based bandwagon

Potato ‘milk’ is the latest trend it seems in the battle for market share of the traditional cow’s milk market.

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Proposed EU pesticide cuts ‘could wipe out wheat and potato growing in Ireland’

A proposed move by the EU to halve pesticide usage by 2030 could wipe out wheat and potato growing in Ireland.

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Glanbia’s new plant will still produce cheese in 2079

Glanbia Co-op’s new cheese plant in Belview, Co Kilkenny, will still be producing cheese in 55 years and during that time will, at an average price for milk, pay €160m to farm families in the south-east every year.

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‘It’s hard work’ – IFA Farm Business Committee chair Rose Mary McDonagh explains how she balances work, family, farm and IFA commitments

With the Leaving Certificate just finished, Rose Mary McDonagh is looking forward to having more hands on deck with the family farm in Headford, Co Galway.

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Sod turned on Glanbia cheese plant after two year planning saga

Representatives from Glanbia Co-op, international dairy producer Royal A-ware and the Irish Government today took part in the turning of the sod at the site of a new continental cheese facility being built at Belview in Co Kilkenny.

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Agriculture emissions target to be set within weeks

The emissions reduction target for agriculture are expected to be agreed in the coming weeks — and any change in how methane from agriculture is calculated is unlikely to be considered.

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Margaret Donnelly Opinion ‘Dreadful’ Dutch situation shows why agriculture can’t afford to fail when it comes to reducing emissions

"I can’t deny that some farmers will have to give up. That’s dreadful. But we have to take very big steps”.

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‘Thanks to Farmer Time, children can see that we are just like everyone else’

Mullinavat farmer PJ Power was fed up of hearing negative comments about farming — so he decided to do something about it.

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€1,000 silage scheme: All the key questions answered, including penalty details

The new silage scheme, which will pay farmers up to €1,000 to grow silage, has opened to applications amid criticism from farm organisations that the exclusion of dairy and hill farmers is 'scandalous'.

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Russian ships with grain for farm rations landed in Ireland after EU ban

Shipments of feed ration from Russia landed into Irish ports in recent weeks, despite a ban on Russian-flagged ships docking in EU ports under EU sanctions over the war in Ukraine.

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Dairy incomes up 23pc edging towards €100k as other farm incomes lag behind

Incomes on dairy farms were up 23pc in 2021, to an average of €97,300, significantly ahead of other sectors, the latest figures from the Teagasc National Farm survey show.

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Margaret Donnelly: Blaming farmers for rising prices highlights food supply chain ignorance

It seems that the rise in food prices has taken some people by surprise.

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€90k salary and health plan for new Bóthar CEO

Bóthar is recruiting a new CEO with a salary of €90,000 on a three-year contract.

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‘Thousands of farmers could miss out on agri-enviro payments’

Thousands of farmers could be without an agri-environmental payment next year, despite news that a new agri-environmental scheme is to open later this summer.

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Margaret Donnelly Opinion Bring back Home Economics and teach young people some basic life skills

I was delighted to hear a call for Home Economics to be made compulsory in schools. Unfortunately, it’s for all the wrong reasons. Ross Keogh of Keogh’s potato farm and crisp fame told the World Potato Congress, held in Dublin last week, that the majority of young people don’t have the basic skills to cook a meal from scratch and I’m not in the least bit surprised.

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Glyphosate not carcinogenic, says EU agency

Available scientific evidence does not justify calling glyphosate carcinogenic, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has said.

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‘Young people don’t have the basic skills to cook a meal from scratch’

Young people don't have the basic skills to cook a meal from scratch and home economics should be compulsory in schools, according to Ross Keogh.

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Farmers hit with diesel and recycling price hikes

Farmers making silage face a 40pc increase in the cost of recycling farm plastics, while the price of agri-diesel has crept up to 130c/L in recent days.

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Food Ombudsman must have ‘real teeth’ – Carthy

The new Food Ombudsman office cannot be another “quango” and must have “real teeth”, according to Sinn Féin’s Matt Carthy.

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No support for Dairy Group’s cap and trade/fertiliser reduction proposals

Proposed reductions of fertiliser usage and a ‘cap and trade’ model for emissions from the agriculture sector are two key stumbling blocks of the interim report of the Food Vision Dairy Group.

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380 new farmers join extended organic scheme

Just 380 new farmers signed up to the Government’s new organic scheme, despite yearly payments of up to €220/ha being on offer.

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Margaret Donnelly Opinion The tide is turning — women deserve to be treated equally in farm inheritance

Primogeniture — now there’s a word. It’s a system preference in inheritance given by law or custom to the eldest child — normally sons.

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ICSA casts doubt on Teagasc beef budget models

The ICSA has claimed a much higher beef price will be needed by beef finishers this winter than has previously been suggested by Teagasc.

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Lease signed on Teagasc’s new 277ac calf-to-beef demo farm

Teagasc has signed a 15-year lease for a 277ac farm in Tipperary to develop the country’s first dedicated dairy calf-to-beef demonstration farm.

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Margaret Donnelly Opinion Secure future for farmers cannot be built on Department’s short-term thinking

It’s easy to be in opposition, they say, but it certainly helps when those in power don’t seem to have any real plan.

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Farmers to get up to €1,000 to grow silage

Farmers will receive up to €1,000 each to grow silage this year as part of a multi-million euro package, which Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue is expected to unveil today.

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Margaret Donnelly Opinion CAP power struggle a test of how much control the EU is willing to give up

Discussions between Department of Agriculture officials and their European Commission counterparts will put the final shape on the next CAP in the coming weeks.

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Emotional connection fuelling fire use

Fans of turf fires may not be familiar with the Danish word ‘hygge’, but the fondness for solid-fuel fires here has been likened to ‘hygge’ in Scandinavia.

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‘Getting up on a rainy, grey day and no fire, I mean it’s not a life’

"You couldn’t live without a fire. Getting up on a rainy, grey day and no fire I mean it’s not a life. It’s not right."

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‘Targeted schemes needed to reduce turf use’

Targeted support schemes will be required to reduce the use of solid fuels or encourage users to switch away, according to an EPA report.