The working group reviewing the Department of Agriculture’s general laboratory services has backed closing the Kilkenny, Limerick and Sligo vet labs.Fianna Fáil is to meet with the Irish Farmers Association to discuss the party's controversial amendment to the proposed Heritage Bill next Tuesday.Brazilian meat exports have plummeted from $60m per day to just $74,000 in the wake of the Operation ''Weak Flesh'' meat scandal. GLAS payments should be issued to more than 200 farmers this week, officials from the Department of Agriculture have said.And Bord Bia is set to revise the terms and conditions of its poultry products quality assurance scheme in the coming months.Photo of the day courtesy of the Irish Farmers Journal photo desk
Lambs grazing near Loughcrew, Co Meath. \ Ramona Farrelly