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General News MINIMISE
Cardinal Brady rejects calls to resign
[ 15 March 2010 ]
Cardinal Seán Brady has reiterated his determination not to resign in the wake of new information about the way in which he dealt with paedophile priest Brendan Smyth.

Arrest following failed ATM robbery in Dublin
[ 15 March 2010 ]
A 23-year-old man has been arrested after a failed attempt to rob an ATM in Dublin.

Cowen confident of continued US investment
[ 15 March 2010 ]
The Taoiseach has said that he is not concerned that US tax laws may change, making it tougher for American firms to invest in Ireland.

Unions begin intensive talks on pay cuts
[ 15 March 2010 ]
Public sector management and unions are beginning two weeks of intensive negotiations in a bid to resolve the row over Government pay cuts.

Galway surgeon censured for misconduct
[ 15 March 2010 ]
A Galway surgeon has agreed to be censured by the Medical Council for failing to supply a medical report for a road traffic accident.
IFA FrontDesk News MINIMISE
GUARANTEED MINIMUM FLOOR PRICE CRITICAL BEFORE SOWING
[ 12 March 2010 ]
IFA National Grain Committee Chairman Noel Delany has said that no farmer should take out spring cereal seed unless he can secure agreement on a minimum floor price for this year’s harvest or they have a higher value market for their grain, such as farm-to-farm trade

GLANBIA CO-OP MOVE IS POSITIVE FOR FARMER CONTROL AND GREATER DAIRY INDUSTRY CONSOLIDATION - BRYAN
[ 10 March 2010 ]
IFA President John Bryan today (Wed) said the proposal by Glanbia Co-op to purchase the Irish business of Glanbia Plc is a welcome development which holds out the prospect of outright farmer ownership of Ireland’s largest milk pool, as well as much greater direct farmer control of the Irish dairy industry, facilitating greater consolidation and cost efficiency.

IFA DEMAND MAXIMUM INCLUSION OF NATIVE GRAIN - BRYAN
[ 09 March 2010 ]
IFA President John Bryan has called on livestock, dairy, sheep and pig farmers to demand the maximum inclusion of high quality native grain when purchasing compound feeds in a show of support for Irish tillage growers. In addition, the IFA President said “farmers have an opportunity to buy quality native grain at excellent value direct from tillage farmers to get over the current fodder shortages.”

SINGLE AGENCY FOR FLOOD MANAGEMENT MUST BE PRIORITY - SILKE
[ 09 March 2010 ]
The Chairman of the IFA Flood Project Team Michael Silke appeared before the Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Environment to set out the measures needed to avoid the devastation caused by the extensive flooding across the country last November.

PROPOSED ENVIRONMENTAL SCHEME TO REPLACE REPS UNWORKABLE UNLESS MAJOR CHANGES ARE MADE
[ 09 March 2010 ]
IFA Rural Development Committee Chairman Tom Turley said that the proposed Agri-Environment Options Scheme is unworkable unless major changes are made to the specifications used to implement the scheme. “Minister for Agriculture Brendan Smith must introduce flexibilities that allow the AEOS to be meaningful for the vast majority of the 10,000 farmers who finish their REPS 3 contracts before the mid-May Single Farm Payment application date.”

National Farming News MINIMISE
Buyers reject new wool storage rules
[ 09 March 2010 ]

New EU rules on the storage of wool will force many small merchants out of the business, buyers have warned.



Debt crisis hits dangerous level
[ 09 March 2010 ]

Farm debt has reached dangerous levels, pushing thousands into severe financial distress.



ACA slams amount of State help for Teagasc
[ 09 March 2010 ]

INDEPENDENT agricultural consultants have called for an end to the State subsidy of Teagasc advisers, claiming it is anti-competitive.



Greencore growers in Westbury protest
[ 09 March 2010 ]

Calls for a total boycott of Minch Malt were rejected at a growers meeting in Carlow last week, but farmers are to protest in Dublin today outside a Greencore EGM at the Westbury Hotel.



ACA slams State help for Teagasc
[ 09 March 2010 ]

INDEPENDENT agricultural consultants have called for an end to the State subsidy of Teagasc advisers, claiming it is anti-competitive.
UK Agriculture News MINIMISE
Protest fears force cancellation of super dairy meeting
[ 15 March 2010 ]
Organisers have cancelled a public meeting to discuss plans for an 8000-cow dairy herd in Lincolnshire.

Commercial-quality weather station should help show due diligence
[ 15 March 2010 ]
Reckon wireless weather stations are all pretty much the same? Alistair Barron from Weather Front, a Sussex firm that sells several different makes of weather station, begs to differ

Wireless alarm warns of low temperature in brooder hut
[ 15 March 2010 ]
Farmex showed its new wireless brooder alarm for pheasant huts - or other portable/temporary buildings used for the purpose - at the Precision Farming show.

Househam Fieldmaster GPS system not short of processing power
[ 15 March 2010 ]
Latest version of Househam's Fieldmaster has an 8.9in touchscreen, is based on a rugged PC and runs Windows XP.

Blackbox 510 gives auto shutoff for spreaders
[ 15 March 2010 ]
Patchwork Blackbox 510 GPS guidance unit has a bigger and brighter screen than its prdecessor and can cope with hills and side slopes
 
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