Good week for…

  • James Mallon – the man behind one of the country's largest livestock exporters is closing in on a deal to buy Carnaross Mart. The news was broken first on www.farmersjournal.ie this week.
  • The country's dairy farmers are in for a bumper July milk cheque, with reports of supply for this month being up by as much as 11% in some co-ops.
  • Farmers still waiting to get their Knowledge Transfer plan submitted to the Department of Agriculture as the deadline has been extended yet again.
  • Farmers looking for a short-term loan. As reported by the Irish Farmers Journal, Ulster Bank still has some of its €25m of the €150m low interest rate loan.
  • David Graham, who has been promoted from deputy chief executive to the full chief executive of Animal Health Ireland (AHI).

    • Bad week for…

  • Charolais breeders as exclusive analysis by the Irish Farmers Journal reveals that the number of registrations in the breed has fallen dramatically in 10 years.
  • Cattle farmers, with the exclusive news by the Irish Farmers Journal that they will now have to pay the ICBF levy on every pair of livestock tags.
  • Co Westmeath livestock export company Quinn International Livestock Limited as Aurivo has made an application to the High Court for a winding-up order.
  • Farmers having to buy straw with reports of 4X4 bales selling for as much as €15 per bale from the field.
  • All women farmers, as new figures show that nearly one-third of all women farmers in Ireland are over the age of 80.