A combination of tightening supplies and producers busy at fieldwork is leaving factory agents needing to work harder to maintain throughput as beef prices rise.With New Zealand WMP futures climbing 2% in a week and other dairy markets rising, the IFA has stated 10 reasons why processors should set ambitious milk prices.Teagasc is warning farmers to calculate water flow to troughs, so that cows have enough water during the current spell of warm sunny weather.More than €1m has been spent battling wildfires by Cork County Council in the past four years, it has been revealed.Farmers have been reminded that they have until next Monday, 15 May, to lodge their 2017 Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) application.Photo of the day
Scroll through the slideshow above to see our photo of the day, courtesy of the Irish Farmers Journal picture desk.