All the latest farming news, comments and editorial opinions from the Irish Farmers Journal
Tullamore farm manager, Shaun Diver is almost halfway through calving and he has 28 sucklers calved and he has 24 ‘high index, high quality, replacement heifer calves on the ground.
While the rules on the face of it for some don’t look too onerous, the very existence of this ‘designation’ under GAEC 2 draws a line in the sand.
The move to allow the breed societies a time allocation to vent their frustrations in person this Friday at the stakeholder forum is a positive one.
Is there a greater potential role for Producer Organisations in Irish farming?
Both growers and merchants understand if markets are under pressure, then it filters back.
As always, ‘averages’ can cover up a multitude, but the factors driving Irish land price play out each week in these pages.
The key change internationally seems to be that instead of the breeding program owning bulls in the future, it needs to own the females, writes Jack Kennedy.
We need to lessen conditionality on schemes. We need innovation, research and development in production that is market led not EU driven scheme farming, writes Jack Kennedy.
He comes across as a very hands on, in touch Commissioner that knows his brief very well, and clearly knows the challenges.
