Weather
Today, Friday, will be another dry day and it will be milder than recent days according to Met Éireann. Unlike recently, it will be brighter with plenty of sunshine breaking through the clouds.
Temperatures will range from 11°C to 14°C, but where the sunshine breaks through for any period of time, the mercury will hit 16°C or 17°C.
For the weekend, the dry and settled weather will continue, but we will have more on that later this morning.
In the news
Unfortunately, a man in his 80s has died in Co Offaly following an accident involving a quad. This is the fifth death on Irish farms this year.More farmers continue to leave the much-maligned Knowledge Transfer Programme. This week another batch have decided that it is not for them.According to the Department of Agriculture, some 4,105 farmers have applied for a nitrates derogation ahead of next week’s deadline.Cow cullings in the EU have continued to grow according to new statistics.And finally, a €1,000 reward is being offered for the recovery of 45 ewes in Co Kerry. The in-lamb Scotch ewes went missing from a hill commonage on Mount Brandon.Coming up on www.farmersjournal.ie and the Irish Farmers Journal daily app today
We have the latest figures on the volume of milk which has been taken out of production in Europe.It’s D-day if you are applying for the latest round of TAMS.We bring you what the weather will be like for the weekend.What’s on today
As it stands, there are no events of note coming up today.
To see what’s coming up, visit our agri-events calendar.
Weather
Today, Friday, will be another dry day and it will be milder than recent days according to Met Éireann. Unlike recently, it will be brighter with plenty of sunshine breaking through the clouds.
Temperatures will range from 11°C to 14°C, but where the sunshine breaks through for any period of time, the mercury will hit 16°C or 17°C.
For the weekend, the dry and settled weather will continue, but we will have more on that later this morning.
In the news
Unfortunately, a man in his 80s has died in Co Offaly following an accident involving a quad. This is the fifth death on Irish farms this year.More farmers continue to leave the much-maligned Knowledge Transfer Programme. This week another batch have decided that it is not for them.According to the Department of Agriculture, some 4,105 farmers have applied for a nitrates derogation ahead of next week’s deadline.Cow cullings in the EU have continued to grow according to new statistics.And finally, a €1,000 reward is being offered for the recovery of 45 ewes in Co Kerry. The in-lamb Scotch ewes went missing from a hill commonage on Mount Brandon.Coming up on www.farmersjournal.ie and the Irish Farmers Journal daily app today
We have the latest figures on the volume of milk which has been taken out of production in Europe.It’s D-day if you are applying for the latest round of TAMS.We bring you what the weather will be like for the weekend.What’s on today
As it stands, there are no events of note coming up today.
To see what’s coming up, visit our agri-events calendar.
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