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A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

farming

New deal needed on CAP income

“The defence of our CAP funding remains at the core of the Irish Government’s stance in our negotiations on the seven-year EU budget,” said Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney recently.

business

Agents can be nominated to register newborn calves electronically

farming

IFA livestock committee plan to scrap herd register

farming

Nearly 214,000 cattle on the move in November

farming

CMMS figures show 500,000 cattle ‘lost’

farming

Abnormal animal death theory discounted by records

Total kill for 2006 rises 5%

Marts: End-of-year returns show the total kill for 2006 was up 85,000 head on the previous 12 months, equivalent to an increase of over 5%.

Wed, 10 Jan, 2007

Fines of more than €1,000 for failure to update herd changes

PENALTIES of more than €1,000 have been imposed on a number of farmers due to stocking rate discrepancies uncovered in on-farm inspections by Department of Agriculture officials.

Thu, 19 Oct, 2006

Exodus from Irish cattle farming stepped up

EIGHT producers per day dropped out of Irish cattle farming over the past two years, on average.

Thu, 13 Jul, 2006

Common-sense approach by Minister on CMMS records

SINCE her appointment, Agriculture Minister, Mary Coughlan, has consistently shown a common-sense approach to resolving farming issues, and an understanding that the farmer is not to blame for everything that goes wrong, and that they should not be unfairly burdened with penalties.

Thu, 29 Jun, 2006

Blue Book requirement should be dropped

THE legal requirement on farmers to maintain a herd register (Blue Book) for all their cattle should be immediately dropped.

Tue, 11 Apr, 2006

‘Cattle still being smuggled over Border’

CATTLE are still being smuggled into the State from across the Border in Northern Ireland, the Green Party leader Trevor Sargent has claimed.

Thu, 05 Jan, 2006

Swing to part-time farms

FEWER than one in every six livestock farmers has more than 100 animals, according to the latest Cattle Movement Monitoring System (CMMS) statistics.

Thu, 10 Nov, 2005

Permit onus on farmers

CATTLE buyers and sellers are both warned to notify movements of stock to the Department of Agriculture and Food, but there is only one perforated slip on the Movement Permit - one of the bureaucratic challenges for farmers identified by the Agriculture Appeals Office.

Thu, 20 Oct, 2005

Bullock supplies slip further behind

Marts: Bullock supplies have slipped further behind over the past month as intake dropped below the corresponding weeks last year at the meat factories.

Sat, 27 Aug, 2005

Finished cattle supplies to drop 8%

Marts: Supplies of finished cattle for the remainder of the year are expected to be down up to 8% on the same time last year, according to the latest supply forecast, based on the national herd.

Sat, 06 Aug, 2005

74,000 fewer bullocks to kill in 2005

WHILE the slide in beef prices at the factories has continued this week, the latest cattle statistics indicated a decline of 74,000 head in the supply of bullocks for slaughter this year.

Thu, 04 Aug, 2005

Get rid of “ghost” livestock

ICMSA has urged farmers to request up-to-date Cattle Movement Monitoring System profiles of their herd if they were not paid for extensification, even if they were within the qualifying livestock limits.

Thu, 09 Jun, 2005

Grazing fee tests rules

LANDOWNERS will "test" Single Farm Payment (SFP) rules by renting out for a daily fee per animal, using grazing to keep the land in "good agricultural condition."

Thu, 14 Apr, 2005

Charter agreement urgent, says IFA

A NEW charter of rights for all farm inspections and cross-compliance rules under the new single farm payment must be agreed with the Department of Agriculture early in 2005, the Irish Farmers Association said yesterday.

Tue, 21 Dec, 2004

Cattle sector analysed

THE 2003 Cattle Movement Monitoring System (CMMS) Report, published last week, is a useful mirror of the industry, county by county and breed by breed.

Thu, 15 Jul, 2004

CSO need to come clean on inaccurate farm incomes

AS an independent body under the umbrella of the State, the Central Statistics Office is relied upon to produce reliable, unbiased and accurate information.

Thu, 08 Jul, 2004

Irish cattle population at 6.6m for 2003

THERE were more cattle than people in the State during 2003, the Cattle Movement Monitoring System (CMMS) report for the year has revealed.

Tue, 06 Jul, 2004

National herd lowest in 10 years

Marts: The national livestock herd has dropped to its lowest level in more than 10 years, following a landslide in animals over 24 months, although the drop in the national beef breeding herd has been less dramatic.

Fri, 27 Feb, 2004

Distorted presentation of cattle death stats damages image and profession of farming

THE way statistics on cattle deaths were presented in the End of Year Review has seriously undermined the credibility of the Department of Agriculture’s understanding of the practicalities of farming.

Thu, 01 Jan, 2004

Deaths check

AGRICULTURE Minister Joe Walsh has asked the Central Veterinary Laboratory to investigate the mortality of about 3% in the cattle herd, which he described as “disappointingly high, given that welfare and husbandry standards in Ireland are high”.

Thu, 18 Dec, 2003

Beef breed boost from last National Envelope before full decoupling

FUNDING for the beef heifer slaughter premium and top-up payments for replacement and dry suckler heifers will continue from the National Envelope.

Thu, 04 Dec, 2003

Farm-to-farm sales hit high

FARM-to-farm sales of livestock boosted by the Foot and Mouth movement restrictions in 2001 were maintained at a high level throughout 2002.

Thu, 13 Nov, 2003

Egyptian beef sales improve

IMPROVED prospects for beef sales to Egypt were reflected in export licences taken out last week for 150 tonnes.

Thu, 16 Oct, 2003

Throughput at plants rises by 6%

Throughput at the country’s meat processing plants has increased by 6% for the first eight months of the year with steers showing the largest volume increase.

Fri, 26 Sep, 2003

Paper work disappears

POST-MOVEMENT notification for farm-to-farm sales finishes in June, but the upside of this will be less paper work.

Thu, 01 May, 2003

Producers are closely watching stocking levels

Marts: The shorter working week at the beef factories and the weaker demand for cattle has not been welcomed

Sat, 19 Apr, 2003

Major slump hits marts as fewer cattle on sale

THERE were 18% fewer cattle in 2002 in the marts of Ireland than in 2000.

Thu, 03 Apr, 2003