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Will relaxed planning rules trigger road-frontage spike?
● Auctioneers around the country say while the Government’s move to loosen planning rules for housing in rural Ireland is welcomed, it’s unlikely to lead to a significant spike in house building across the country. The State’s new Build Back Home...
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SHEAR CLASS
Sisters Alice (17) and Ellen Drohan (19), pictured here on their farm Cooney’s Yard, will be hosting traditional sheep-shearing demonstrations at the upcoming Comeraghs Wild Festival taking place across the Copper Coast and Comeragh region from July...
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Beef trade in freefall as prices tumble again
Beef prices have fallen for a sixth consecutive week, with factories cutting quotes by a further 10c/kg over the weekend. Bullocks are now quoted at €6.20/kg, with heifers at €6.30/kg, as reports also emerge of tighter weight limits and possible...
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North Africa ‘filling gap’ for live cattle exports
● Irish cattle exporters are increasingly turning to North Africa as demand across key European markets slows. Roscommon exporter Derek Maxwell said that while Spain, Italy and Greece have traditionally been core outlets for Irish live exports,...
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LUCKY DAY
Pictured at the annual agricultural show in Bandon, Co Cork was Tori O’connell from Mallow with the champion Simmental, Raceview The Lucky One.
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SILAGE SEASON
Niall Coakley, a brother of Martin Coakley Agri-contractors, uses a John Deere 7750 Harvester to draw silage for local dairy farmer Richard Collins in West Cork.
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CUTTING IT FINE
Michael Glynn from Moylough, Co Galway, drives his 1953 Farmall Cub with an International single furrow plough, assisted by his father Danny Glynn during the Roscommon Ploughing Championships on the Hanley family lands at Fuerty on Sunday.
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A FRESH START
Louise Weir and her family grew their 190-cow farm beyond traditional milk production to sell flavoured milk, ice cream, milkshakes and yoghurts direct to the customer in Rathfriland, Co Down.
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New TB rules causing confusion at marts
Mart managers have said the new TB rules are causing some confusion around categorisation and buyer eligibility, with potential implications emerging as more herds come under restriction. The Department of Agriculture introduced new TB rules last...
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Heydon: €100m farm scheme was already planned – protests only ‘pushed it on’
Agriculture Minister Martin Heydon has insisted the €100m scheme for farmers and contractors, which was announced over the weekend, was not a reaction to blockades. Mr Heydon told the Farming Independent yesterday that he was progressing these plans...
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THE PRICE IS RIGHT
Suzanne and Luca Sheridan with Huntsgrove Bomber, owned by Alison Sheridan from Mount Nugent, Co Cavan, which sold for €5,200 at Carrick-on-shannon Showgrounds.
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WEATHERING THE STORM
Robin Longs shields himself from the hailstones on his 399T Massey Ferguson at the Elaine Mcglinchey Memorial Tractor and Lorry Run in Castlefin, Co Donegal, to raise funds for Donoughmore National School at the weekend.
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FORD FOCUS
Danny Power (2) from Aherla, Co Cork, at the charity tractor, car and motorbike run that was held in Crookstown to raise funds for a defibrillator for the village.
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Calls to simplify SCEP after almost 5,000 farmers exit
Calls have been made to simplify the Suckler Carbon Efficiency Programme (SCEP) as almost 5,000 farmers, nearly one-quarter of all accepted participants, have either been removed from the scheme or withdrawn. Eoin Ryan, ICSA suckler chair, has said...
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FLYING FORM
Eddie O’neill from Ballinadee ploughs with a 1967 David Brown 1200 tractor and three-furrow plough at the De Courcey Classic and Vintage Club members’ tillage day in Garrettstown on Saturday.
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PLOUGHING THEIR OWN FURROW
Francis and Liam Brennan and Leonard and Harry Hovenden from Ballylinan at the Laois Ploughing Match on the lands of the Duggan family in Durrow on Sunday.
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FAMILY GUYS
Barry and Francis Murray, from Tulsk, Co Roscommon, were ringside at the organic sale held at Drumshanbo Mart on Saturday.
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HERE FOR THE LONG HAUL IFA turns to farmer pressure as bid to remove Murrin fails politically
After failing to dislodge Bord Bia chair Larry Murrin through political channels last week, the IFA is now turning to a farmer pressure in an effort to force movement in the long-running saga. The IFA will hold a major public meeting in Claremorris on...
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PROTESTS CONTINUE
Up to 80 farmers and more than a dozen tractors lined the road outside Agriculture Minister Martin Heydon’s constituency office in Newbridge, Co Kildare on Sunday during an Ifa-organised protest calling for the removal of Bord Bia chair Larry
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Bluetongue travel restrictions to stay in place
Current restrictions on cattle and sheep moving to and from Northern Ireland for breeding or production are not likely to be lifted in the immediate future, the Department of Agriculture has confirmed. Under the current restrictions, cattle and sheep...
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IFA to continue protest against Bord Bia chairman
An IFA protest outside Bord Bia’s offices, which started yesterday amid ongoing calls for the chairman of Bord Bia to resign, looks set to continue, with the farm organisation saying it will remain “until this matter is resolved”. Farmers’ anger stems...
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Questions raised as Bord Bia’s chair’s business sells Brazilian beef
● Farming organisations have raised concerns about Brazilian beef sourcing by a business run by the Chairman of Bord Bia. IFA President Francie Gorman said he is “very concerned” about the statement made by Dawn Farms in response to media queries...
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