IFA Leadership Race commences

Posted on: 14/02/2013

The race for the next leader of the IFA has officially begun with the announcement of Laois man Jer Bergin as a candidate. He farms in Ballacolla in range of farming areas including beef, tillage and sheep. Voting takes place in November 2013. Jer currently is Leinster vice president. Mr Bergin has over 20 years service in the IFA and is currently spokesperson on Climate Change and Renewables and respresents the IFA on these matters in Ireland and Europe

OTHER FARMING NEWS FOR THE MONTH OF 02/2013

22/02/2013 - 34c a litre - realistic. IFA says on Milk Prices
IFA National Dairy Committee Chairman Kevin Kiersey said the 3.1% increase in the latest Fonterra auction average price justified significant producer price increases. Some co-ops have increased February milk prices, with Dairygold lifting their price by 2.5c/l to 31.96c/l + VAT, but IFA would argue in lobbying co-op board members that this was only the first step towards a very realistic 34c/l + VAT for early spring milk.

22/02/2013 - Top US Sire Judge for Emerald Expo 2013
Paul. Trapp is a Regional Sire Analyst with ABS Global. Some of his favorite acquisitions to ABS include: Dundee, Destry, Garrett, Gerard, Levi, Gillespy and Gavin. He has a B. Sc Degree (Agri Economics) from the University of Minnesota.

20/02/2013 - Teagasc Courses Demand Doubles
Its head of education Tony Pettit said the agriculture and food development authority had seen a significant and sustained increase in demand for its courses. In 2006, there were just over 700 first-year college enrolments

16/02/2013 - January 1c from Glanbia is First Step - IFA
IFA National Dairy Committee Chairman Kevin Kiersey said the 1c/l January milk price increase announced by Glanbia was the first step in what needed to be a major effort by all co-ops to maximise milk prices as early as possible this year.

16/02/2013 - Spring Livestock Feeding Advise

14/02/2013 - Valentine Meal from Bord Bia
Bord Bia want have romantic recipe suggestions for you for this very special day with meltingly tender grass-fed beef.

14/02/2013 - New Protocols follow equine DNA issues
Speaking at the IFA Executive Council meeting in Dublin today (Wed), IFA President John Bryan has said there are a number of very serious lessons that must be learned from the equine DNA controversy, and action must be taken to ensure that anything that can undermine the sector can never happen again.

14/02/2013 - IFA Leadership Race commences
The race for the next leader of the IFA has officially begun with the announcement of Laois man Jer Bergin as a candidate.

14/02/2013 - Holy Cow - its Robots Milking machines!
In robotic milking, cows come voluntary to the milking unit and milking is distributed over a 24 hour period. In recent years dairy farmers in most EU countries have adopted robotic milking at an accelerating rate for reasons such as improvement in lifestyle, less physical work and lower labour costs. Teagasc and the Irish Grassland Association will develop technology integrating robatic milking with grazing dairy cows over the next 3 years with funding from the EU

12/02/2013 - Going broke selling liquid milk