Weather forecast

It is a bad start to the morning for farmers in Co Donegal.

Met Éireann has issued a rainfall warning for the county which is valid until Thursday morning.

Otherwise, Wednesday will be a dry day for most people across Munster and south Leinster.

There will be rain, some of it heavy at times, for the rest of the country.

Some of the rain will turn persistent and heavy.

Top temperatures will range from 14°C to 15°C.

In the news

  • A farmer claimed almost €30,000 in Farm Assist money despite having nearly €500,000 in the bank.
  • Prices at the latest Global Dairy Trade (GDT) auction fell today.
  • Teagasc says there is 20% of straw left to be baled nationally.
  • Wexford was the wettest county in Ireland last month, according to Met Éireann.
  • The deadline for sowing catch crops under GLAS has been extended (again).
  • Coming up on www.farmersjournal.ie

  • We speak to a different type of dairy farmer in my farming week.
  • Tommy Moyles has a report from Kanturk Mart.
  • And we have a brand new edition of our weekly podcast.
  • What’s on today

  • Farmers in Kerry who need to get their GLAS training course done need to be in the Ring of Kerry Hotel in Cahirciveen from 10am to 5pm. Buzz John O’Connell on 086-306 7663 for more.
  • Another Teagasc Grass10 grazing farm walk. This one is called “grow more, graze more, earn more” – catchy. It’s on in the calf-to-beef unit in Teagasc, Johnstown Castle, Co Wexford, from 11am.
  • To find out more about events near you, agri-events calendar”>visit our agri-events calendar.