• European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development Phil Hogan has published an impact assessment outlining five possible shapes for the next CAP.
  • Ulster Bank and Bank of Ireland have joined AIB in opening for business for the Government-supported 2.95% Agriculture Cashflow Support Loan Scheme.
  • The Health and Safety Authority has announced there are 2,000 farm inspections planned for this year, a decrease of 300 compared with 2016.
  • The first case of bird flu detected in Northern Ireland has been confirmed in a swan found near Lough Beg in Co Derry.
  • New figures have revealed that the Department of Agriculture has spent €8,297,238 on IT systems over the past three years, however IT issues have been blamed for the continuing delays in GLAS payments.

    • Photo of the day

    Courtesy of the Irish Farmers Journal picture desk, here is our photo of the day:

    Clive Wasson took this snap at the Irish Farmers Journal Livestock Demonstration in Raphoe Livestock Mart on Wednesday night.