Good week for…

  • Farmers with weanling heifers to sell as exporter Viastar is to send an extra boatload to Turkey next month.
  • Flooded Donegal farmers, who will be eligible for compensation from the Department of Agriculture.
  • Getting the inside track on live exporters, as Paul Mooney looks at who’s who in the shipping game.
  • The seller of a Belgian Blue heifer who sold for a whopping €1,630 or €6.79/kg at Kanturk Mart.

  • All farmers, as the chances of a 70% advance on this year’s Basic Payment Scheme grow and there may be a Brexit crisis fund open to Ireland.

    • Bad week for…

  • Cheddar exports, which have lost €50m as a result of sterling weakness this year.
  • Tillage farmers, as harvesting progress remains slow and straw gets increasingly difficult to bale.
  • Farmers in the northwest, where summer has been more like winter when it comes to rainfall.
  • Early dairy herd scanning results, as empty rates as high as 15% are reported.
  • Beef prices, as it is revealed that Irish prices plummeted 26c/kg in three months, while European prices rose by 10c/kg.