Intramammary antibiotic medicines are to be brought under prescription control, the Minister for Agriculture Joe Walsh has announced, giving rise to fears of sharply increased costs for dairy farmers.

News this week that the export of sheepmeat is to recommence from parts of Scotland, England and Wales sent lamb producers into a spin as most factories ceased quoting for lambs on Wednesday.

Huge surge in milk supplies

GLANBIA has gone from being two million gallons over quota to more than three million gallons over the period of last week.