• The race to be the next president of Macra na Feirme is under way and the dates for the election hustings around the country have been announced.
  • Patrick Donohoe takes us on a picture tour of the enormous Al Badiiah dairy farm owned by Almarai in Saudi Arabia. He also talks us through the farm in numbers.
  • According to our Monday beef trends update, there is a bit more bite in the beef trade.
  • The start of March marks the beginning of a month-long focused farm inspection campaign that will see 500 Health and Safety Authority (HSA) inspections on farms.
  • And Minister for Agriculture Michael Creed has said that the eligibility criteria for the Agriculture Cashflow Support Loan Scheme do not include contractors, attracting criticism from their representatives.

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

    Sheep grazing at a hay feeder at Corrakitt, Glenmore, Co Louth. \ Ramona Farrelly

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