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| Top Farming Story | Thursday, July 24, 2008
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Thursday, July 24, 2008
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New system to track cattle through marts
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
A NEW system for tracking cattle movement through marts is being introduced by the Department of Agriculture.
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Sligo farmer will be on fact-finding trip
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
A FARMER from County Sligo will be taking up one of 30 seats on a special FBD-backed IFA international fact-finding tour, which will take in visits to farms in Central Europe including Poland, Slovakia, Austria and the Czech Republic.
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New milk quota rules ‘match realities’
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
THE new Milk Quota Regulations, which were signed into law last week, match the quota regime with modern farming realities, Agriculture Minister Brendan Smith has said.
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Scanlon: 17 EU states oppose WTO deal
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
THE Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture shares the fears of the IFA regarding EU Commissioner Peter Mandelson’s WTO deal according to committee member and local TD Eamon Scanlon.
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Reports give a sunny outlook for farming
Tuesday, July 08, 2008
AGRICULTURE saw a good year in 2007 and the outlook for 2008 remains solid. That’s the optimistic view of the farming sector presented in the Department of Agriculture’s 2007/2008 Annual Review and Outlook.
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Farmers told to resist lamb price cut moves
Tuesday, July 08, 2008
SHEEP farmers have been advised to strongly resist price pressure from factories.
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Sub-standard building materials concern
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
THE IFA has expressed concern at reports that cheap sub-standard building materials are being used by a small number of builders during this current massive on-farm investment programme.
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Cross-border effort to make farms safer
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
ALTHOUGH only 6 per cent of the total workforce are employed in farming, around one-third of all work deaths are on farms.
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Farmers cannot take another milk price cut
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
AS Co-op boards face into making a decision on milk price for the month of May, John O’Leary, deputy president and chairperson of ICMSA’s Dairy Committee, said that co-ops must at least maintain the April milk price as farmers will simply not absorb a further cut in milk price following the massive drops in April.
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Sligo trio are big winners at milk quality awards
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
THREE Sligo milk producers were among the big winners at the annual Connacht Gold Co-Op 2008 Milk Quality Awards.
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