Good week for…

  • Glanbia suppliers, who are to get a top-up of 1c/l on all the milk they supplied from January to June.
  • Donegal farmers affected by flash flooding, as they can now apply for compensation.
  • Thinking about the future, as a report recommends that farm transfer planning should be compulsory to get tax breaks.
  • A new way of selling weanlings, as the first ever sale of GM and antibiotic-free weanlings takes place.
  • Farmers in disadvantaged areas, as €200m in ANC funding is on its way.

    • Bad week for…

  • Suckler and tillage farmers, who are watching their income for the year being washed away by constant rain.
  • The Monaghan farmer jailed for illegally importing cattle and possessing false ear tags.
  • The rush spray MCPA, as the threat of a ban grows alongside the number of pesticides breaches in water.
  • Anyone with a farm roadway, as there are plans for a nationwide overhaul in the new Nitrates Action Programme.
  • Sheep farmer Juho-Antti Junno, whose flock in Finland was attacked by a lynx.