• As expected, the British government has lost a supreme court appeal on whether British prime minister Theresa May has royal authority to trigger Article 50 without approval of the parliament.
  • Aidan Brennan was at the first Teagasc spring grass walk on Tuesday in Co Wexford. Crowds heard of exceptional growth rates on Michael Doran’s farm.
  • The Chinese re-entering the powder market helped to lift milk price in 2016. China imported imported 419,750t of WMP in 2016, 21% more than it did in 2015.
  • A bad for bread giant Aryzta and its Irish CEO Owen Killian as profits were down 20% to the end of 2016.
  • And, finally, the days of greed diesel laundering appear to be at an end according to the Revenue Commissioners. This is due to a campaign launched in 2015 which has effectively “eliminated the fuel laundering problem”.
  • Photo of the day

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

    Paddy Curran of East Cork Dairy Services is pictured installing a new 20-unit Dairymaster milking parlour for Gerry Fitzgerald, Bridestown, Kildinan, Co Cork. Donal O’Leary