Weather forecast

A status yellow warning is in place until 10am today for low temperatures as overnight values may drop to -3°C. Met Éireann forecasts that frost, mist and fog will then clear in the morning and give way to a dry day with sunny spells. The odd isolated shower will occur along the south and east coast. Top temperatures will range between 7°C and 9°C in light to moderate southeast breezes.

In the news

  • A Fianna Fáil motion calling for a €200/cow suckler payment is tabled in the Dáil today.
  • An Irish Farmers Journal survey reveals large variation in fuel prices as quotes drop.
  • More than 2,200 gorse fires were reported in Northern Ireland last year.
  • An Angus bull has sold for a million dollars in the US – and could return 10 times as much in semen sales.
  • A farmer in Westmeath fears that a vulture fund will sell his farm after buying his loan.
  • Coming up on www.farmersjournal.ie

  • We report from the Bioenergy Future Ireland conference.
  • What’s on today

  • Irish Bioenergy Association Bioenergy Future Ireland national conference, Croke Park, 9am.
  • Teagasc options course, night three of six, food and tourism night, Teagasc, Kells Road, Navan, Co Meath, 7.30pm.
  • National hill sheep conference, Knockranny House Hotel, Westport, Co Mayo, 5.30pm.
  • Mayo IFA county executive AGM, 8pm.
  • To find out more about events near you, visit our agri-events calendar.