• After accidents claimed the lives of three farmers in the last four days, take some time to think about the safety arrangements on your farm.
  • Four female students with no farming background have defied the odds by being selected as the national winners of the Certified Irish Angus Beef schools competition.
  • Farm workers and other jobseekers defrauded by a recruitment agent revealed the story on RTE’s Liveline this week, exposing the scam that led to the man’s conviction last year.

  • A European scientific body has found that glyphosate does not cause cancer.
  • And amid fears over drones being used to survey farms, new laws may be brought in to regulate their usage.

    • Photo of the day courtesy of the Irish Farmers Journal picture desk

    My farming week: Seaghan O’Suilleabháin works on the family farm at Dromin, Milltown, County Kerry. A progressive dairy farm, it’s a busy time for Seaghan, as he is a Leaving Certificate student, at nearby Presentation Secondary School. Seaghan helps out with the calves and dairy herd and is a fluent Irish speaker. Valerie O’Sullivan