Farming

January 21, 2020
‘We won’t cut national herd’ say FG, FF and SF as they chase the farmer vote

There will be no enforced cuts to the national cattle herd, the three main parties have pledged ahead of the General Election.

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January 21, 2020
Land sale volumes fall, but per-acre price rises by 15pc

A total of 88 successful land auctions featured in the national press in 2019, a drop from 153 in 2018. This 43pc fall in transaction numbers, and a 38pc decline...

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January 21, 2020
Non-farming buyers are returning to the market in search of development land

You can take the child from the land, but you can't take the land from the child.

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January 21, 2020
Connacht and Ulster mirror national trends

The Connacht/Ulster land market is dominated by private treaty sales involving smaller plots.

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January 21, 2020
Bord Bia won’t divulge figures on level of cash support from processors

Bord Bia has refused to detail the level of payments and supports it receives from meat processors.

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January 21, 2020
Land sale volumes fall, but per-acre price rises by 15pc

A total of 88 successful land auctions featured in the national press in 2019, a drop from 153 in 2018. This 43pc fall in transaction numbers, and a 38pc decline...

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January 21, 2020
Connacht and Ulster mirror national trends

The Connacht/Ulster land market is dominated by private treaty sales involving smaller plots.

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January 21, 2020
Darragh McCullough: New IFA boss must show real leadership to halt the fragmentation of the farming lobby

This time next week Tim Cullinan will be president of Ireland's largest farm organisation, the IFA. Everyone is supposed to be nice to the new boy at the start of...

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January 21, 2020
‘We won’t cut national herd’ say FG, FF and SF as they chase the farmer vote

There will be no enforced cuts to the national cattle herd, the three main parties have pledged ahead of the General Election.

Continue Reading
January 21, 2020
Non-farming buyers are returning to the market in search of development land

You can take the child from the land, but you can't take the land from the child.

Continue Reading
January 21, 2020
Connacht and Ulster mirror national trends

The Connacht/Ulster land market is dominated by private treaty sales involving smaller plots.

Continue Reading
January 21, 2020
IFA report into beef industry prices delayed again

THE long overdue publication of the specially commissioned IFA study on beef prices at the factories - scheduled for release last autumn - has been further deferred.

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January 21, 2020
Bord Bia won’t divulge figures on level of cash support from processors

Bord Bia has refused to detail the level of payments and supports it receives from meat processors.

Continue Reading
January 21, 2020
Land sale volumes fall, but per-acre price rises by 15pc

A total of 88 successful land auctions featured in the national press in 2019, a drop from 153 in 2018. This 43pc fall in transaction numbers, and a 38pc decline...

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January 21, 2020
Joe Kelleher: Nitrates derogation at risk unless we see a rapid improvement in water quality

Significant changes are about to be introduced to all farmers stocked at greater than 170kg organic nitrogen per hectare (NPH) this spring. These rules will affect both farmers in derogations...

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January 21, 2020
Connacht and Ulster mirror national trends

The Connacht/Ulster land market is dominated by private treaty sales involving smaller plots.

Continue Reading
January 21, 2020
Non-farming buyers are returning to the market in search of development land

You can take the child from the land, but you can't take the land from the child.

Continue Reading
January 21, 2020
Land sale volumes fall, but per-acre price rises by 15pc

A total of 88 successful land auctions featured in the national press in 2019, a drop from 153 in 2018. This 43pc fall in transaction numbers, and a 38pc decline...

Continue Reading
January 21, 2020
Non-farming buyers are returning to the market in search of development land

You can take the child from the land, but you can't take the land from the child.

Continue Reading
January 21, 2020
Land sale volumes fall, but per-acre price rises by 15pc

A total of 88 successful land auctions featured in the national press in 2019, a drop from 153 in 2018. This 43pc fall in transaction numbers, and a 38pc decline...

Continue Reading
January 21, 2020
Joe Kelleher: Nitrates derogation at risk unless we see a rapid improvement in water quality

Significant changes are about to be introduced to all farmers stocked at greater than 170kg organic nitrogen per hectare (NPH) this spring. These rules will affect both farmers in derogations...

Continue Reading
January 21, 2020
Connacht and Ulster mirror national trends

The Connacht/Ulster land market is dominated by private treaty sales involving smaller plots.

Continue Reading
January 21, 2020
Non-farming buyers are returning to the market in search of development land

You can take the child from the land, but you can't take the land from the child.

Continue Reading
January 21, 2020
Land sale volumes fall, but per-acre price rises by 15pc

A total of 88 successful land auctions featured in the national press in 2019, a drop from 153 in 2018. This 43pc fall in transaction numbers, and a 38pc decline...

Continue Reading
January 21, 2020
Volume of farm sales halved in 2019, but per acre prices rose 15pc

The number of farms sold last year almost halved on the amount sold in 2018, new figures show.

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January 21, 2020
Calving difficulty index revamped in EBI changes

Significant changes in how EBI evaluations are calculated and presented have been announced by ICBF.

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January 21, 2020
The drive is on to breed ash dieback tolerant trees

There are 25,000 hectares of ash forests in this country and 450,000 hectares of hedgerows, in which ash trees are a major component - and the majority of the ash...

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January 21, 2020
Volume of farm sales halved in 2019, but per acre prices rose 15pc

The number of farms sold last year almost halved on the amount sold in 2018, new figures show.

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