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Department addresses lime scheme payment claim queries
Darren Carty
The advice mainly relates to invoices being clearly labelled as paid, showing the type of lime and branch it was purchased from and details of whether or not a contractor applied the lime.
Department addresses lime scheme payment claim queries
 
 
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Potential store lamb margins of €12/head to €40/head
VIDEOS
MANAGEMENT
Sheep Management: store lambs and grazing agreements
Darren Carty
Sheep Management: store lambs and grazing agreements
Reports indicate the rapid deterioration in ground conditions is leading to increased interest for store lambs.
Store lamb finishing – a viable options for all farmers
Darren Carty
Store lamb finishing – a viable options for all farmers
Frank Campion and Mark Dolan, Teagasc outline opportunities for farms with available grass / forage crops to finish store lambs and deliver a margin.
MARKETS
Sheep Trends: CCPC and ICM deliver shocks to trade
Darren Carty
Sheep Trends: CCPC and ICM deliver shocks to trade
The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission’s approval of Dawn Meats acquisition of Kildare Chilling was followed by ICM plants cutting their base quote by 10c/kg.
Sheep mart prices: weather drives more interest in store lambs
Darren Carty
Sheep mart prices: weather drives more interest in store lambs
Prices for lowland stores are largely unchanged, while some mart managers report a welcome marginal increase in prices paid for hill-type store lambs.
GRASS & FEEDING
The Grass Week: grazing season ends for some as rain takes its toll
Martin Merrick
The Grass Week: grazing season ends for some as rain takes its toll
Some farmers in heavier ground have had to face the inevitable and house stock due to the incessant rain.
The Grass Week: tough conditions leading to more management
Martin Merrick
The Grass Week: tough conditions leading to more management
The heavy rainfall over the last few days has quickly saturated ground and made grazing off heavy covers tricky.
BREEDING & HEALTH
Sustainable use of sheep dips to protect efficacy
Martin Merrick
Sustainable use of sheep dips to protect efficacy
A recent animal health event organised by Quinn’s Chemist, Crossmolina, Co Mayo majored on the sustainable use of sheep dips to safeguard their availability and usefulness.
Understanding the new hill ram SIS catalogue
Darren Carty
Understanding the new hill ram SIS catalogue
The catalogue displays genetic information and denotes which rams satisfy the requirements of the Sheep Improvement Scheme.
FARM PROGRAMMES
Tullamore Farm: preparation for sheep breeding and cattle housing
Martin Merrick
Tullamore Farm: preparation for sheep breeding and cattle housing
The farm’s ewe flock and replacement ewe lambs are being prepped for breeding, while the cattle housing is getting a once over before housing commences.
Wading into wetland solutions on Footprint Farms
Emma Hart
Wading into wetland solutions on Footprint Farms
Simple, targeted, nature-based measures can help to mitigate the risks of water pollution from farmyard runoff, writes Emma Hart.
Combining continues as maincrop potato harvest to begin
Conor Kehoe
Combining continues as maincrop potato harvest to begin
This week, Conor Kehoe talks to farmers in Westmeath, Wexford, and Kildare, where potatoes, spring beans and spring oilseed rape are still to be harvested.
Cows scanned and lambs drafted on Tullamore Farm
Martin Merrick
Cows scanned and lambs drafted on Tullamore Farm
The mature cows have been scanned and 107 lambs were drafted to slaughter this week by Tullamore Farm manager Shaun Diver.
Make sure to check for underground pipes before diggingSPONSORED
Make sure to check for underground pipes before digging
There are a number of considerations that landowners, forestry operators and farmers, etc, must take into account before completing groundworks, the most important factor is that it is safe to do so.
Maximising potential through capital farm investmentSPONSORED
Maximising potential through capital farm investment
Capital farm investment plays a pivotal role in the agricultural sector, contributing to its growth and sustainability.
Sommet De L’Élevage is Europe's number one livestock showSPONSORED
Sommet De L’Élevage is Europe's number one livestock show
The 32nd edition of the Sommet De L'elevage (Livestock Summit) will be held from 3 to 6 October 2023 in Clermont-Ferrand, France.
A competitive loan for farmers provided by people who understand farmingSPONSORED
A competitive loan for farmers provided by people who understand farming
With two young children on the farm and plans to grow his beef enterprise, farmer Conor Kennedy recognised the need to invest in his farm…
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