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Posted by The Analyst | 13 October 2020 | Farming
Teagasc allays eProfit Monitor data fears

Teagasc has said it is confident that its eProfit Monitor complies with data protection laws over concerns were raised over the use of farmers' data.

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Posted by The Analyst | 13 October 2020 | Farming
Peter Hynes: We urgently need a fact-based strategy to challenge the relentless anti-livestock farming agenda

No matter where we turn the anti-agriculture agenda seems to be lurking. On RTE recently we had ‘What Planet Are You On' telling everyone to steer clear of meat and dairy.

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Posted by The Analyst | 13 October 2020 | Farming
My neighbour bought my land at auction, but now he’s getting cold feet and wants his money back –what are my options?

Q I'm a small farmer in the west of Ireland and I have no one to take over the farm. I have a couple of nephews, but none of them even seem interested in a site not to mind the 40 acres or so that is the farm. So I decided so sell half of...

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Posted by The Analyst | 13 October 2020 | Farming
Margaret Donnelly: For farming, Budget will be about protecting sector against a hard Brexit rather than short-term gains

And here we are again at Budget day. That annual chance for the Government to curry favour among voters during the good times.

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Posted by The Analyst | 13 October 2020 | Farming
Major expansion under way at former dairy demo farm

A large-scale development is under way at the site of the former Greenfield dairy demonstration farm in Clara, Co Kilkenny.

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Posted by The Analyst | 13 October 2020 | Farming
John Large: How you can reduce the risk of costly liver fluke infection

We need to keep a close watch on ewes for signs of liver fluke infection, after plenty of rain and warm weather in July and August.

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Posted by The Analyst | 13 October 2020 | Farming
How these Donegal brothers grew their flock and are selling their own freezer-ready lamb straight from the farm

Tom Boyd was just 13 when some of the responsibility for running the family farm landed on his shoulders. Sixteen years later, he and his brother David are running the diverse Lakeside Farm enterprise at Carrickfinn in the Rosses along Donegal's Wild Atlantic Way.

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