Weather forecast

It will be dry and bright in many places today, but there will also be a number of scattered showers. Highest temperatures of 13°C to 15°C in moderate southeast winds.

In the news today

  • Minister for Agriculture Michael Creed quashed hopes for a crisis fund for the grain industry at a Dáil debate on Wednesday.
  • With farm incomes under pressure, delays to payments under the Basic Payment Scheme will not be tolerated, the IFA said yesterday.
  • The livestock carrier ship Atlantic M is now on the way back to Ireland to collect a second load of cattle for the Turkish market.
  • One of the big issues at the meeting of the first tillage forum on Wednesday was conacre.
  • And the Irish Farmers Journal can reveal the number of farmers in each county who applied for the first round of the milk production reduction scheme.

    • Coming up today on www.farmersjournal.ie

  • Mart watch update.
  • Phelim O’Neill’s global market review.
  • Kieran Mailey reports from the largest agricultural show in France.
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