Good week for

  • Dairy farmers, as May milk prices have begun to creep upwards in time for peak milk production.
  • Calf exporters, as total calf exports to date are 44% ahead of where they were at the same time last year.
  • Those opposed to the vacant site levy, as there has been a U-turn on farmland being included in the 7% levy.
  • Contractors, as diesel prices haave continue to fall. They are now 3c/l to 4c/l lower than the recent peak in May.

    • Bad week for

  • Ireland’s agri-food industry, as EU leaders have warned member states to prepare for a “no-deal” Brexit.
  • Beef farmers, as factories are using a rise in last week's kill as a platform to reduce prices.
  • The Department, as the Ombudsman upheld a farmer’s complaint with regard to payments he had not received.
  • Tillage farmers, as conditions have conspired to create a worst-case scenario for many spring crops.