AgriLand’s top stories this week

National Ploughing Championships Launch 2013: Check out the AgriLand National Ploughing Championships News Hub The Race is On, IFA Elections: Check out the AgriLand IFA Presidential Elections News Hub Winner of FBD Young Farmer of the Year: The Buckleys of Bantry reach for the Macra stars

All things payments: Minister, clawback fines must be paid, hope of early SFP, coupling non-committal and 22 September set for DAS payment

All things breeding: World-class ICBF programmes step up a gear All things Teagasc: New principals for Teagasc Clonakilty and Ballyhaise Colleges All things innovation: Ireland’s next-generation herd All things dairy: The great gold rush, Kerrygold to invest €10.5m to drive dairy expansion All things septic tanks: First failures in septic tank checks All things Fonterra: World’s largest milk powder dryer kicks into gear

All things respect: Tributes to Sean MacConnell, an authoritative voice of Irish agriculture All things wonderful: Cootehill Mart reopens after 12 years, business booming All thing beef: Bord Bia goes Dutch, new campaign to promote Irish beef All things fodder: Delay in fodder payment to co-ops, paperwork woes All things social media: This week’s farmer of the tweet was Hushabye Farm All things great: Kerry Foods to increase Irish pig meat purchases, IFA All things legal advice: Potholes, neighbours and the law

The National Tillage Crops Forum 2013:

Who is going to pay for compulsory pesticide training, asks IFA grain chairman
Dairygold calls for minimal costs and paperwork in new pesticide regulation rollout
Compulsory pesticide training for farmers, distributors, inspectors, advisors
Tillage think-in: Variety trials, maximising profit, grain market outlook

Watch out next week for: Lely, the next-generation and ABP Group ceo to address agri-science conference. AgriLand will be reporting live in both Amsterdam and Waterford.