Farming

September 29, 2020
Darragh McCullough: Where is the farm leadership on €4bn TB debacle that poses as an eradication scheme?

The IFA — where great ideas go to die. I was reminded of this quip from a farmer when I saw the IFA top dogs burning their TB letters. Then...

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September 29, 2020
How 1970s farmers became meat in the sandwich

Fifty years ago, Irish farmers were a force to reckon with in controlling beef processing in this country, with two in every three beef animals being slaughtered in processing plants...

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September 29, 2020
Jonathan Hoare: Outlook bleak for beef farmers as Budget pressure mounts on McConalogue

It was recently announced that the Government are preparing Budget 2021 on the basis of there being no EU-UK trade deal in place for the beginning of next year.

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September 29, 2020
Legal advice sought for PGI

The Department of Agriculture is seeking legal advice to see if the proposed Protected Geographical Indicator (PGI) for grass-fed Irish beef could impact future PGI applications.

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September 28, 2020
Early scanning shows in-calf rates of 90pc

EARLY scanning results suggest in-calf rates of 90pc in cows, according to a number of scanners and AI technicians.

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September 28, 2020
How technology can boost the bottom line on your sheep farm

The Teagasc BETTER farm sheep programme is designed to promote the wider adoption of the latest technologies for improving the performance of Irish farms.

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September 28, 2020
Beijing asks frozen food importers to shun countries with severe coronavirus

China's capital called on importers on Monday to shun frozen food from countries suffering from severe novel coronavirus outbreaks after several cases of imported seafood products testing positive for the...

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September 28, 2020
Beijing asks frozen food importers to shun countries with severe coronavirus

China's capital called on importers on Monday to shun frozen food from countries suffering from severe novel coronavirus outbreaks after several cases of imported seafood products testing positive for the...

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September 28, 2020
Beef Trade: For those with cattle to sell there appears to be no weakness in the trade

The big questions never seem to have a definitive answer — the answer evolves as time passes. And in the factory trade people are asking will the resurgence of Covid-19...

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September 28, 2020
Beef Trade: For those with cattle to sell there appears to be no weakness in the trade

The big questions never seem to have a definitive answer — the answer evolves as time passes. And in the factory trade people are asking will the resurgence of Covid-19...

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September 28, 2020
Meath land makes more than €21,000/ac

Reports from the auction rooms around the country continue to be positive, with lively auctions and strong prices.

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September 28, 2020
Meath land makes more than €21,000/ac

Reports from the auction rooms around the country continue to be positive, with lively auctions and strong prices.

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September 28, 2020
The man who went from tinkering with tractors to ruling the railways

It has been a year that shifted the fortunes of stressed-out commuters. Where once they woke at dawn, struggled to find a car park space and endured 'standing room only'...

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September 28, 2020
The man who went from tinkering with tractors to ruling the railways

It has been a year that shifted the fortunes of stressed-out commuters. Where once they woke at dawn, struggled to find a car park space and endured 'standing room only'...

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September 28, 2020
Three flicks switch on ‘superfast’ 5G network

Three has switched on its 5G network weeks ahead of the launch of the iPhone 12, which is tipped to have 5G functionality.

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September 26, 2020
Calls for calf investment scheme to be rolled over

The Calf Investment Scheme needs to be rolled over ahead of the 2021 calving season, the ICMSA has claimed.

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September 26, 2020
US funds $1m research project studying COVID-19 in US beef supply chain

The US Department of Agriculture is funding a $1m research project to identify how the virus that causes COVID-19 might be transmitted in the nation's beef supply chain, from cattle...

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September 26, 2020
This is a tentative, nervous normality — like no man’s land during a lull in the fighting

In the last 10 days I went to a concert, attended a play, participated in a live meeting and drank a real pint in a real pub. It was all...

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September 25, 2020
See inside this Wexford farm for lease with 327ac, three farmyards and sheds for 750 cattle

Land leasing is an eminently sensible solution to an Irish problem: how do you quit farming while holding on to the land?

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September 25, 2020
Winter is coming as freezing temperatures expected this weekend

A colder spell will sweep across the country this weekend as temperatures are expected to drop to freezing tonight in places and -2 on Saturday night.

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September 25, 2020
UK shoppers will ‘face higher prices for weekly shop’ after no-deal Brexit

UK shoppers will face higher prices for their weekly shop due to mammoth tariffs unless a free trade deal is secured with the EU, a leading trade body has warned.

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September 25, 2020
UK shoppers will ‘face higher prices for weekly shop’ after no-deal Brexit

UK shoppers will face higher prices for their weekly shop due to mammoth tariffs unless a free trade deal is secured with the EU, a leading trade body has warned.

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September 25, 2020
We’ve been brainwashed into ramping up farm output for 70 years — and it’s killing our planet

Are farmers being treated as the whipping boys for the sins of our capitalist, consumerist society?

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September 25, 2020
Coming carbon taxes will raise nearly €1 billion a year, Dail told

The Climate Action Bill will raise “substantial amounts of funding” from carbon taxes over the next decade, the Taoiseach has told the public.

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September 25, 2020
Difference of up to €1,000 in August milk cheque for 80 cow-herd

The Chairperson of ICMSA's Dairy Committee said that he was not sure that everyone appreciated the kind of difference that existed between the top and bottom paying Co-ops and how...

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September 25, 2020
Difference of up to €1,000 in August milk cheque for 80 cow-herd

The Chairperson of ICMSA's Dairy Committee said that he was not sure that everyone appreciated the kind of difference that existed between the top and bottom paying Co-ops and how...

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September 25, 2020
John Heney: We’ve been brainwashed into ramping up farm output for 70 years — and it’s killing our planet

Are farmers being treated as the whipping boys for the sins of our capitalist, consumerist society?

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September 25, 2020
John Heney: We’ve been brainwashed into ramping up farm output for 70 years — and it’s killing our planet

Are farmers being treated as the whipping boys for the sins of our capitalist, consumerist society?

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September 25, 2020
See inside this Wexford farm for lease with 329ac, three farmyards and sheds for 750 cattle

Land leasing is an eminently sensible solution to an Irish problem: how do you quit farming while holding on to the land?

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September 25, 2020
See inside this Wexford farm for lease with 329ac, three farmyards and sheds for 750 cattle

Land leasing is an eminently sensible solution to an Irish problem: how do you quit farming while holding on to the land?

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September 24, 2020
Coveney warns UK/EU deal won’t be ratified if British threat to break international law remains

SIMON Coveney has warned that even if a deal on the future relationship between the UK and EU can be reached it won't be ratified if the British Government's threat...

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September 24, 2020
Weather warnings continue as high winds, flooding and thundery downpours expected

It will be a wild, wet and windy morning and afternoon as rainfall and wind warnings persist in the East and West of the country.

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September 23, 2020
Protected urea and Low Emission Slurry Spreading will be key to cutting ammonia emissions – Teagasc

Ammonia emissions from Agriculture will increase by 9pc by 2030 if no mitigation actions are taken, according to a new study by Teagasc.

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September 23, 2020
Burps to burgers: food companies wrangle climate-warming cattle emissions

Looking to improve milk production, California farmer John Verwey turned to a Swiss-made feed additive designed to make a cow more efficient while reducing methane emissions from cattle burps.

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September 23, 2020
Farm labourer gets suspended sentence over attack, and theft of chequebook

A FARM labourer who assaulted his sister-in-law with a blackthorn stick, causing her harm, and who hit her son when he intervened to help her, received a nine-month sentence at...

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September 23, 2020
The saga of IAWS straddles the worlds of high finance and practical agriculture

For over a century, the Irish Agricultural Wholesale Society (IAWS) and its corporate offshoots have straddled everything from the mundane practicalities of agriculture to the dizzy wins and losses of...

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September 23, 2020
The saga of IAWS straddles the worlds of high finance and practical agriculture

For over a century, the Irish Agricultural Wholesale Society (IAWS) and its corporate offshoots have straddled everything from the mundane practicalities of agriculture to the dizzy wins and losses of...

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September 23, 2020
The saga of IAWS straddles the worlds of high finance and practical agriculture

For over a century, the Irish Agricultural Wholesale Society (IAWS) and its corporate offshoots have straddled everything from the mundane practicalities of agriculture to the dizzy wins and losses of...

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