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The Dealer laughed at an interaction in the Dáil on Wednesday with Longford farmers linked to an Oscar-winning movie. Ceann Comhairle Seán Ó Fearghail wryly retorted to Fianna Fáil TD Joe Flaherty who was extolling the virtue of the Longford IFA’s billboard campaign to promote farmers and farm produce. “The deputy is making that sound like Three Billboards outside Ebbing Missouri,” Ó Fearghail said. Minister Charlie McConalogue paid tribute to the Longford IFA campaign. ....
Farmers like to grumble about their co-ops; they always have and they always will. Last week’s Glanbia milk price announcement brought some such grumbles to my ears. It wasn’t necessarily the price itself that was the cause of ire, more the complexity of the price structure. Glanbia will say that its seasonality bonus is designed to encourage a flattening of the production curve, and the trading bonus is to encourage farmers to buy from the business they in part own. It’s not just Glanbia. It and Dairygold were the first to adopt the Dairy Industry Ireland recommendation that milk prices be reported using a second set of metrics – the “EU standard” of 3.4% protein and 4.2% butterfat. Cynics say it’s all designed to confuse. Dairy Industry Ireland says it’s the opposite, to provide greater context and clarity. ....
Research being carried out by Arramara in Co Galway. Seaweed is a topic of growing interest for farmers, given its potential role as a feed additive to reduce methane emissions from the national herd. David Shortall, whom readers may know from Quinns of Baltinglass, has taken up the post of market development manager at Arramara, a company which harvests seaweed and manufactures products for human, animal and plant use. The seaweed products claim to increase feed efficiency, reduce stress and reduce methane emissions in animals. With the Minister for Agriculture recently highlighting methane emissions from the national herd, this will no doubt be a busy new role. ....