It was a good week for…

  • All pig farmers as prices are stable at €1.76/kg with producers hopeful prices will rise at the ends of the this month and the beginning of September.

  • Beef farmers, as marathon 12-hour talks with the factories and the Department resulted in factories committing to weighing cattle pre-kill and agreeing contracts with farmers.
  • Some 317 students who sat higher level agriculture science for their Leaving Cert achieving the highest possible grade of a H1.
  • All barley growers supplying the Boormalt Athy plant as the group will not be reducing malting barley contracts with growers despite the drop in capacity.

  • Farmers in Northern Ireland (NI) as the number of cattle identified as being persistently infected with Bovine Viral Diarrhoea (BVD) has reduced in comparison to previous years.

    • It was a bad week for…

  • Dairy farmers, as some €40m has been wiped off July milk cheques after three processors cut their base milk prices.

  • Tillage farmers, as recent broken weather has staggered harvest progress leading to a lot of frustration among farmers.

  • Farmers importing cattle from mainland Europe as there is a heightened risk of bluetongue disease at this time of year.

  • Northern Ireland agriculture as red tape will cause border nightmare for all food distributors and others in the agri-food sector in the event of a no-deal Brexit.

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