• The controversial stamp duty rate increase issue took a turn on Thursday when the Irish Farmers Journal revealed that the Department of Finance is considering making changes to it.
  • Batten down the hatches because a "high-impact" hurricane is set to hit Ireland.

  • The country's largest buyer of grain, Glanbia, set its price for the 2017 harvest and it is higher than many had expected.
  • Staying with Glanbia, the dairy side of the business became the first co-op to set a milk price for October.
  • And finally, the ever-popular Traditional Farm Buildings Scheme has reopened after the Department of Agriculture secured a €1m budget.

    • Photo of the day

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

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    Farmer Mervyn Rath, Kyleoulart, Gorey, Wexford has employed contractor Merth Doyle, Newbridge Contracting to turn and reseed one of his fields on his dairy farm for next year. \Philip Doyle