Weather forecast

Met Éireann is forecasting a dry and sunny start to the day, but cloud will increase later and outbreaks of rain will develop across the west in the evening. Light winds in the morning will freshen and turn southerly in the afternoon in top temperatures of 7°C to 10°C. Rain will become more widespread at night, with a status yellow warning in place for the south tomorrow.

In the news

  • Factories attempt to lock down a beef price increase.
  • Minister for Agriculture Michael Creed's St Patrick's Day visit to the UK has a strong agri-food trade component.
  • More co-ops are set to decide on February milk prices after Glanbia cut its base price for February.
  • Up to 40 sheep have been killed in a Co Dublin dog attack.
  • A tractor driver was airlifted to hospital after a road crash.
  • Coming up on www.farmersjournal.ie

  • A Co Limerick judge has threatened to go "nuclear" against a farmer prosecuted for environmental breaches.
  • Farmer writer James Strain shares his experience of calendar farming in the recent weather.
  • What’s on today

  • Save our Sucklers Mart Event: Kilkenny Mart, 7-9pm
  • Wicklow Sustainable Uplands Agri-environment Scheme Workshop and information evening, Brockagh Centre, Laragh, 8 pm
  • To find out more about events near you, visit our agri-events calendar.