• Two of the largest milk processors in the country set their milk price for July – Glanbia and Lakeland Dairies.
  • The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has launched a merger investigation into the proposed joint venture between Dawn Meats and Dunbia.
  • Northern Ireland’s two pork processors have received final approval from Chinese authorities to export pork to China.
  • Debt statements on the Super Levy Instalment Scheme were issued in error to a number of dairy farmers by the Department of Agriculture.
  • If all businesses had bought Irish eggs, Ireland could have avoided the contaminated eggs issue, according to IFA poultry chair Nigel Renagahan.
  • Photo of the day

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