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Fans queued up as Open-winning northern ireland golfer Darren Clarke yesterday signed copies of his new book an Open Book at easons in Belfast city centre. The Dungannon man last month received his OBe from the Queen for services to golf, completing another memorable year in which he was one of the vice-captains of the ryder Cupwinning european team
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subsidy scheme and payments will be made using the exchange rate of 1= 0.79805. A DARD spokesman has confirmed Farmers are also to Farming Life receiving a payment advice note Farm Payment (SFP)that Single detailing monies are how their payment now arriving in producer has been calculated. bank accounts throughout Northern The current SFP round Ireland. will be worth approximately This will come as a 245m to huge boost local farmers when to farmers with all payments the amount are completed. expected to be paid coming in at This constitutes a reduction around 180 million. on last years figure because We are on target to less favourable exchange of the the SFP claims paid have 80% of rate. out This welcome boost end of December, the before the to the agrispokesman economy comes at explained. a local farm incomes time when This will amount to tremendous pressure. are under approximately 180 million. Input costs, particularly In all a total of 37,600 those claims associated have been submitted to the compound with the purchase feeds remain

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SFP claims long wait for farmers finally over

extremely challenging. Indeed, a straw poll by Farming Life earliercarried out this week, would indicate that at of Northern Irelands least 50% livestock farmers do not have enough home saved forage to get them through the winter. As a consequence, the concerned will have producers no option but to buy in silage or compound feed prior additional to the start of the next grazing season. Meanwhile, there has been no confirmation from either or Countryside Services DARD letters of offer, relating on when to Tranche 3 of the Farm Modernisation Programme will be issued. However, speculation developments in this is rife that regard can

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Moneymore YFC members Sarah McDowell and Catherine held to mark the clubs Hunter get in The cast for the concert 50th anniversary year. The concert was produced the groove during the clubs concert Dont included both past and Stop by Mary-Lou Richmond current members of Moneymore with musical direction The Beat which was from Jennie Duncan. YFC.

be expected in the early New Year. January will also be marked by the publication of the much anticipated report from the Agri Food Strategy Board. A number of its members have been speaking at public events over the past fortnight have indicated strongly or so and will be putting forward that they will allow local farmers ideas that cope better with the tremendous volatility in both input costs and farmgate returns, which are having such a devastating impact on confidence at the presentproducer time. This may well entail farmers locking the price received for their produce, based on delivery at an agreed time and date.

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