Good week for:

  • Any farmer who wanted the Knowledge Transfer deadline to be extended.
  • Some farmers who applied to the fodder support measure, as €162,000 issued in payments under the scheme.
  • Middle East Spinneys retailer who was introduced to Origin Green this week.
  • Dairygold producers as interest-free credit is confirmeduntil August.
  • Bad week for:

  • A farmer in Roscommon who made an appeal on social media after a trailer was stolen from him.
  • A mushroom farmer whose ‘lifetime’ of work was destroyed in a fire.
  • Beef farmers who are feeling the heat from factory restrictions.
  • Farmers worrying about fodder as growth is confirmed to be down 17%.