It was a good week for…

  • Mayo IFA as it raises €71,760 for a new bus to transport patients to Cancer Care West.
  • Liffey Meats in Ballyjamesduff, Co Cavan, as it received approval from Chinese authorities to export beef to the Chinese market.

  • John Martin Carroll from Co Kerry as he was declared the winner of Macra’s Mr Personality 2019.
  • Irish beef exporters as the Department of Agriculture has published veterinary certificates for Irish cattle to enter Egypt.
  • Northern Irish farmers as beef quotes edge up with one factory putting 2p on to its quotes for prime cattle.

    • It was a bad week for...

  • Farmers in the south of the country as sudden torrential rain sees cows rehoused.

  • One Monaghan farmer as 13 heifers are killed in a shed fire.
  • Malting barley seed growers as changes have been made to the pricing structure in their seed contracts with Boortmalt this year.
  • Tipperary farmer Anthony Carroll as a 10ft sinkhole appeared in one of his fields.
  • Dairy and suckler farmers as vets have reported a spike in grass tetany cases across the country.