Weather

It will be generally dry and cloudy on Wednesday but some patchy drizzle and light rain will occur at times across more northern counties, according to Met Éireann. Highest temperatures will range from 5°C to 9°C with light breezes.

In the news

  • The Global Dairy Trade fell by 3.9% in the first auction of 2017.
  • The Department of Agriculture confirmed last week that €97.3m is cleared to be paid out to 27,363 farmers under GLAS I and II – have you been paid?
  • Wilsons Auctions Dublin will now host its plant and machinery auction twice monthly, due to increased volume.
  • A shed containing fertiliser, as well as bales of hay and straw, has been destroyed in a fire on a farm in Tyrone.
  • A 3km protection zone and 10km surveillance zone has been established around a premises in Wales where the H5N8 strain of bird flu was confirmed in a backyard flock of chickens and ducks.
  • The Government has failed in its commitment in the Programme for Government to lower the CAP payment ceiling and should introduce a tillage compensation package, according to Fianna Fáil.
  • English dairy farmer Edward Towers shows off his novel way of overcoming chronic hip pain to milk his herd on a hoverboard.

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