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Michael Keaveny
on 20 Apr 2018
Good week/bad week: winners and losers in farming this week
We look at those who had a good week in Irish farming and those who had a week to forget.
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Michael Keaveny
on 20 Apr 2018
Crowds move across the farm at the Better grass farm walk on Eddie O'Donnells dairy farm in Golden Co. Tipperary. \ Philip Doyle
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It was a good week for
Irish meat factories as Ireland became the first EU country to gain access to the
Chinese beef market
.
Farmers and contractors as they are
exempt from new tractor testing
rules.
Tillage farmers as Minister Creed has said that the
three-crop rule will not apply for this year.
Cattle farmers as
discussions are to progress on Irish cattle exports to Turkey
with Irish and Turkish officials set to meet on technical requirements before the end of June.
Auctioneers, with more
property coming to the market
on the back of improving weather conditions.
It was a bad week for
Farmers in the Tipperary as
Carrick-on-Suir Mart was severely damaged by a fire
and will be closed for a period of time.
For dairy farmers as March milk price bonuses
hid base price cuts
.
Farmers attending marts as a number of marts have
banned farmers from cattle lairages
due to health and safety reasons.
For all farmers, as more
stringent emissions targets
for the agriculture sector have been approved by the European Parliament.
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