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General News MINIMISE
Aer Lingus crew to get minimum redundancy pay
[ 10 March 2010 ]
230 Aer Lingus cabin crew who rejected a €97m cost reduction programme will only receive the legal minimum redundancy payment.

Oliver Hayes gets life for Corcoran murder
[ 10 March 2010 ]
A 49-year old man has been given a life sentence for the murder of Anne Corcoran in west Cork last year.

Gardaí cleared of Wheelock mistreatment
[ 10 March 2010 ]
An inquiry into the death of Terence Wheelock, who died following his arrest in 2005, has found he was not mistreated at Store Street Garda Station.

HSE to audit hospitals over X-rays
[ 10 March 2010 ]
The HSE has said it will be asking all of its hospitals to confirm that they do not have similar problems to Tallaght Hospital with delays in reviewing X-rays.

Liam Adams extradition case adjourned to April
[ 10 March 2010 ]
The High Court has adjourned extradition proceedings against Liam Adams until 21 April.
IFA FrontDesk News MINIMISE
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.”

GREENCORE CANNOT AXE LOYAL BARLEY GROWERS WITHOUT REDRESS
[ 09 March 2010 ]
Irish Farmers Traditional malting barley growers who have had their contracts terminated by Greencore without notice or redress will vent their anger at a protest at the company’s EGM in Dublin this morning (Tues). The meeting is being held to approve the sale of the malting business to French co-op Axereal.

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
DEFRA paves the way for bovine EID
[ 10 March 2010 ]
Government officials are considering the introduction of a bovine electronic identification scheme that could spell the end of cattle passports

Market report: Oilseed rape benefits from falling pound
[ 10 March 2010 ]
Oilseed rape values have improved again this week, as the pound has weakened further against the euro.

Market report: Slide in whole milk powder prices comes to an end
[ 10 March 2010 ]
Whole milk powder prices increased for the first time in three months at Fonterra's latest auction, averaging $3281/t. That was 0.8% more than the previous month and 52% higher than the same time last year

Maximise yields with accurate N applications
[ 10 March 2010 ]
Will you make every kg of nitrogen count this spring? Ian Ashbridge reports on how precision nitrogen management has helped transform fertiliser use efficiency

Market report: Northern Ireland embraces quality beef
[ 10 March 2010 ]
A record percentage of Northern Irish beef is now farm assured, despite a drop in membership levels
 
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