Weather

According to Met Éireann’s forecast, rain will develop this morning along western coastal counties and will slowly become more widespread throughout the day. However, the rain will tend to be patchy across many eastern counties. It will be a much milder day, with highs of 12°C or 13°C and it will be a fairly windy with gusty southerly winds.

Tonight will be rather cloudy and breezy, with some outbreaks of rain or drizzle. It will be very mild, with mist, hill and coastal fog about too. Lowest temperatures of 9°C to 12°C are forecast in moderate to fresh southerly breezes.

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In the news today

  • Brent crude oil is currently trading above $55/barrel for the first time since July 2015, which comes as welcome news to international dairy markets.
  • Some 1,566 farmers are still awaiting their Areas of Natural of Constraint payment due to over-declaration of eligible land.
  • Although numbers were back on last week, there was a very good sale in Bandon Mart in Co Cork on Monday.
  • Over 3,000 more cattle are due to be shipped to Turkey on the Atlantic M again.
  • Italian and Spanish milk collections for October have fallen once again after Europe recorded an overall drop in milk production in September this year compared with 2015.

  • Exports of Irish pork are up 13% over the first nine months of 2016 compared with the same period last year.
  • Aidan Brennan questions whether or not dry cows need to be fed meal this winter in dairy management notes.

    • Coming up on www.farmersjournal.ie

  • We report from the Teagasc national dairy conference.
  • Grain market update.
  • Kerry tax issue latest.

    • What’s on today

  • Teagasc national dairy conference at Rochestown Park Hotel, Cork, from 9am.
  • Bord Bia organic sheep meeting at the Killeshin Hotel, Laois, at 8pm.
  • IFA modern technology course at Blackwater Learning Centre in Emyvale, Co Monaghan, at 8pm.

    • To find out about these and other events in your area, visit our agri-events calendar.