• Kerry Group CEO Stan McCarthy has announced his retirement at the end of September and we take a look at who his successor is.
  • Minister for Agriculture Michael Creed announced that there will be €5m in funding for the 2017 National Reserve. The news was welcomed by farming organisations.
  • Gardaí have seized a three-wheeled tractor which was being driven in Co Tipperary this morning.
  • The Dealer understands that a vote to reform the governance setup of LacPatrick has failed to pass, but why?
  • And finally a Co Clare cow has

    Darragh Callanan runs a family-owned dairy farm with his father John Callanan in Ardrahan, Co Galway.

    They have a split-calving herd between autumn and spring of pedigree Holsteins fed on high yield 4.1% fat, 3.47% protein with a yield of 27l per animal. The milking parlour is a 14-unit double-bay type, manufactured by Boumatic.