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Posted by The Analyst | 14 July 2020 | Farming
Heed the words of Big Jack and put the factories under pressure

Jack Charlton was the Englishman who held a mirror up to the Irish nation that said, 'you are good enough, now go and compete'.

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Posted by The Analyst | 14 July 2020 | Farming
Festival of joy for farmers as Eid demand drives lamb price rises of up to 20c/kg

Prices are on the rise, with factories yesterday digging deeper into their cheque books to guarantee supplies ahead of the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha.

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Posted by The Analyst | 14 July 2020 | Farming
Darragh McCullough: How I was almost driven round the bend in a vain attempt to pass the trailer test

The revelations about the new Minister for Agriculture's cavalier approach to the rules of the road have generated plenty of finger-wagging.

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Posted by The Analyst | 14 July 2020 | Farming
Dairy farmers face more hurdles over nitrates derogation

Efforts to secure a renewal of the nitrates derogation from 2021 could see many more dairy farmers forced to apply for the measure.

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Posted by The Analyst | 14 July 2020 | Farming
Cooking up a storm on home turf along the Wild Atlantic Way

When trained chef Rebecca Scott decided to open her own catering business, she looked no further than the family farm on the Wild Atlantic Way in Kilbrittain, West Cork.

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Posted by The Analyst | 14 July 2020 | Farming
Can we grow more grass with less nitrogen?

The Farm to Fork strategy which is part of the European Green Deal has set a target of reducing our chemical nitrogen by 20pc by 2030.

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Posted by The Analyst | 14 July 2020 | Farming
Bord Bia: ‘We can’t insist on use of Irish grains for new beef standard’

Bord Bia says it cannot insist on the use of Irish grain in its proposed grass-fed beef standard, and does not have a mechanism to exclude genetically modified (GM) feedstuffs from the diets of qualifying animals.

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