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IFAmedia

  1. Lamb Price update: IFA call on factories to hold lamb prices at €5.00/kg to stave off losses to producers
  2. Catch IFA President John Bryan on RTE radio 1 @RTECountrywide tomoro morn at 8.10am on Code of Practice for Retailers
  3. United Dairy Farmers milk price auction yesterday down 0.28ppl to 21.53ppl. This is equivalent at current exchange rate to 26.9cpl
  4. Farmland cannot be used in assessment for 3rd-level maintenance bit.ly/MyWftL
  5. Don't sap farmers' confidence with doomsday predictions bit.ly/JGemKD
  6. Restricitve bull beef weight limit will hit profitability and increase live trade bit.ly/MJP9Fg
  7. IFA is proud to be a key supporting partner of the gathering 2013 @gatheringirl
  8. Potato report: Rooster €200-€270, Rooster10k washed €2.00-€2.80, Kerrs Pink10k €2.30-€2.50, Record10k €2.30-€2.50, Golden Wonder €3.00-€3.50
  9. Farmers angry over lamb price cuts bit.ly/KAU05i
  10. Lamb price: Factories quoting €5.00. Paying €5.00/5.10. France €5.25/5.35kg. UK €5.70kg. IFA strongly criticise unjustified price cuts
  11. Cattle price: Strong demand. Tight supplies. Steer base€4.15. Heifers€4.25/4.30. Bulls up to€4.25 for In Spec R/Us. Cows €3.64 to over €4.00
  12. Minister must address TB restriction issue bit.ly/Kg5IFF
  13. IFA welcome McDonalds and Dawn meats new €300 million contract for Irish beef bit.ly/LolyPn
  14. IFA Aquaculture welcomes Marine Harvest Ireland launch of locally built workboat in West Cork bit.ly/KAJXzp twitter.com/IFAmedia/statu…
  15. IFA Chief Economist Rowena Dwyer will address The Needs of the Real Economy event on the Stability Treaty this eve at 7pm in Doheny&Nesbitts
  16. Minister must address TB restriction issue bit.ly/JCWp5i
  17. See today's Irish Times for IFA President John Bryan's artilce recommending a Yes vote in the Stability Treaty bit.ly/Md0Rp4
  18. Farm income figures positive, but volatility remains a major concern bit.ly/L1658q
  19. Cattle Price: Prices hardening. Steer base €4.15. Heifers €4.30. Bull R/U €4.20/4.25. Tight supplies, strong demand and strong sterling
  20. Broad AEOS 3 scheme must be brought forward bit.ly/JK8hkD