Weather forecast
Monday would appear to be the last day of the broken weather for a while. It will be blustery and there will be heavy showers, particularly for those in the west of the country. However, according to Met Éireann, those in the eastern half of the country will see small volumes of rain.
As the day progresses, the wind and rain will ease. It will remain mild, with temperatures ranging from 11°C to 15°C.
The forecast for the rest of the week is for mainly dry and settled weather.
In the news today
With the breeding season ready to roll on some farms, Jack Kennedy says farmers should be building a team of vasectomised bulls. The Brazilian meat scandal has hit domestic prices in Brazil. Prices have fallen, with production being cut back in the wake of the scandal. A dairy farmer in Co Monaghan was airlifted to Tallaght hospital following an accident on Saturday.Pedigree sales have been struggling in recent weeks but Saturday’s sale at Kilmallock saw a clearance rate of 79%.DNA technology as well as some old-school garda investigation skills led to the conviction of a man for cattle theft in Co Clare. Coming up today on www.farmersjournal.ie
Aidan Brennan offers his Monday management tips for dairy farmers.Darren Carty brings us up to speed on where beef prices are.Making a return to the Farmer Writes pages, Harold Kingston writes about a short winter along the coast in Cork.What's on today
Monday is a busy day for events in the farming calendar.
The Waterford IFA executive has its monthly meeting at 8.30pm in Lawlor’s Hotel, Dungarvan. The guest speaker is IFA’s man in Brussels Liam MacHale.The Limerick executive of the ICMSA has a meeting in the Day Care Centre in Ballylanders at 8.30pm. The association’s deputy president Pat McCormack will be in attendance.The Tipperary South executive of the IFA is hosting a meeting on the Areas of Natural Constraint review. Kick-off is 8.30pm in the Cahir House Hotel.To find out more about these events and to see what's coming up, visit our agri-events calendar.
Weather forecast
Monday would appear to be the last day of the broken weather for a while. It will be blustery and there will be heavy showers, particularly for those in the west of the country. However, according to Met Éireann, those in the eastern half of the country will see small volumes of rain.
As the day progresses, the wind and rain will ease. It will remain mild, with temperatures ranging from 11°C to 15°C.
The forecast for the rest of the week is for mainly dry and settled weather.
In the news today
With the breeding season ready to roll on some farms, Jack Kennedy says farmers should be building a team of vasectomised bulls. The Brazilian meat scandal has hit domestic prices in Brazil. Prices have fallen, with production being cut back in the wake of the scandal. A dairy farmer in Co Monaghan was airlifted to Tallaght hospital following an accident on Saturday.Pedigree sales have been struggling in recent weeks but Saturday’s sale at Kilmallock saw a clearance rate of 79%.DNA technology as well as some old-school garda investigation skills led to the conviction of a man for cattle theft in Co Clare. Coming up today on www.farmersjournal.ie
Aidan Brennan offers his Monday management tips for dairy farmers.Darren Carty brings us up to speed on where beef prices are.Making a return to the Farmer Writes pages, Harold Kingston writes about a short winter along the coast in Cork.What's on today
Monday is a busy day for events in the farming calendar.
The Waterford IFA executive has its monthly meeting at 8.30pm in Lawlor’s Hotel, Dungarvan. The guest speaker is IFA’s man in Brussels Liam MacHale.The Limerick executive of the ICMSA has a meeting in the Day Care Centre in Ballylanders at 8.30pm. The association’s deputy president Pat McCormack will be in attendance.The Tipperary South executive of the IFA is hosting a meeting on the Areas of Natural Constraint review. Kick-off is 8.30pm in the Cahir House Hotel.To find out more about these events and to see what's coming up, visit our agri-events calendar.
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