Weather forecast

It’s a cloudy start to the week with scattered outbreaks of light rain or drizzle. It will become drier and brighter by afternoon, apart from some isolated showers in the north. It will be cool today with temperatures between 8°C and 12°C. Throughout the day, moderate to fresh, west to northwest winds will veer northwest and north becoming gusty further north.

It will be mainly dry tonight but isolated showers will continue to affect northern coasts. Northwest to north winds will slacken over land and it will turn colder. There will be slight grass frost inland and lowest temperatures of 0°C to 4°C.

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In the news today

  • Auctioneers are going ahead with the resale of 500 animals left after the partial failure of the first forced sale of the Cradenhill herd.
  • Dr Pearse Lyons of Alltech ranks fifth on the rich list published by the Sunday Times.
  • TTIP, Mercosur: opposition to proposed trade deals is growing.
  • You asked, we answer: should I apply slurry or fertiliser first and roll my pastures or not?
  • We begin a series of reports from Ethiopia, where the worst drought in 50 years is causing crop failures.

    • Coming up today on farmersjournal.ie

  • We watch the proceedings at the second Cradenhill forced sale.
  • Beef trends, dairy futures and grain markets give us pointers on prices.
  • Aidan Brennan provides his Monday dairy management update.

    • What's on today

  • The Agricultural Science Association/UCD Michael Smurfit Business School breakfast discussion on New York-based global agrifood entrepreneurs Hain Celestial.
  • Carlow IFA executive meeting.
  • Louth IFA executive meeting.

    • For full details of these and upcoming events, visit our agri-events calendar.