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on 10 Feb 2018
Good week, bad week: winners and losers in farming this week
We reflect on those who had a week to remember in the farming world and those who had a week to forget.
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Livestock being exported to Turkey. \ Philip Doyle
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Good week for
Cattle exporters as
Turkey is set to open to more Irish cattle
after Minister Creed's visit this week.
For dairy farmers as figures released by Bord Bia show milk sales have
risen by 7%
year on year since 2015.
For the
Irish Farmers Journal
Save Our Sucklers letter as it has now gathered
almost 30,000 signatures
.
Dairy farmers and calf exporters as the issue of
boat capacity
has been resolved.
Bad week for
Farmers in the west, as cases of
Schmallenberg were reported
in counties Galway, Mayo and Roscommon.
For sheep farmers as there have been reports of
sheep being rejected for slaughter
due the implementation of the Department's clean livestock policy.
For poultry farmers as the Department has confirmed
the first case of bird flu
in Ireland in 2018.
For Aryzta as the Swiss-based company behind Cuisine de France has agreed to sell its legacy Cloverhill facilities
for considerably less
than what it bought it for.
For farmers as
a degree of uncertainty
lingers around the fodder transport scheme.
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