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Posted by The Analyst | 09 June 2020 | Farming
Growing evidence that seaweed additive can slash livestock emissions

ScIentists in west Cork have reported significant results from trials using red seaweed to reduce methane emissions in cattle.

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Posted by The Analyst | 09 June 2020 | Farming
Forestry faces a ‘lost generation’ of farmers due to ash wipeout

A generation of farmers could be lost to forestry as a result of the treatment of plantation owners in the wake of the ash dieback disease disaster.

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Posted by The Analyst | 09 June 2020 | Farming
Darragh McCullough: Delinquent donkeys a distraction from irrigation battle as drought bites hard

It seems like we are right back in 2018 again. Back then it took forever to get ground dry enough before we could get sowing in the final weeks of April.

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Posted by The Analyst | 09 June 2020 | Farming
Competition Authority finding on beef sector a ‘whitewash’ claims IFA

The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) assertion that there is no evidence of a pricing 'cartel' in the beef sector has been labelled a "whitewash" by the IFA.

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Posted by The Analyst | 09 June 2020 | Farming
Brian Stanley: The family farm has to remain at the heart of agriculture policy

Sinn Féin is committed to placing the family farm model at the heart of Ireland's future agriculture sector.

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Posted by The Analyst | 09 June 2020 | Farming
‘Farmers are getting kicked about – they are being led down the road of mass production’

Selling your own beef is not for the faint-hearted, but John Commins is adamant that not making changes or looking for new opportunities is as big a risk for suckler farmers.

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Posted by The Analyst | 09 June 2020 | Breaking News
Watchdog warned that 124 nursing homes ‘need extra help’

The State's health watchdog warned the Department of Health that 124 nursing homes would need extra support to manage a Covid-19 outbreak, documents reveal.

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