Weather forecast
Met Éireann forecasts that Wednesday will be mostly cloudy and cold, with showery outbreaks of rain and sleet, turning heavier and increasingly wintry in the afternoon and evening with a risk of thunder. Highest temperatures of just 2°C to 6°C in moderate to fresh southwest breezes.
Tonight it will be cold with frost and ice, in light to moderate northwest winds. There will be long dry spells with clear skies but some scattered showers too. A few of the showers will turn wintry, with the odd snow flurry possible anywhere across the country. Most of the showers will affect west and northwest coastal counties, where there is also the slight risk of thunder. Lowest temperatures of 0°C to -2°C, coldest across the north and east of the country.
In the news today
The IFA focuses on beef in its 2016 general election submission.The Department of Agriculture has paid a consultancy firm in the UK €1.5m to carry out an evaluation of the effectiveness of the Green Low Carbon Agri-environment Scheme (GLAS).In the marts, it’s a slow start to 2016 at Carnaross. Meanwhile, there’s a firm calf trade in Bandon.Slurry spreading season reopens today for farmers in Dublin, Wicklow, Wexford, Kilkenny, Carlow, Cork, Tipperary, Waterford, Laois, Offaly and Kildare.Irish Malt Growers offered to represent all at last night’s meeting.In agribusiness news, Irish animal nutrition company Alltech has acquired Masterfeeds, one of the leading feed manufacturers in Canada.And finally, the fight for IFA deputy president and regional chairs is heating up.Coming up today on farmersjournal.ie:
Bord Bia releases its report on Irish food exports in 2015.The aftermath of flooding takes a political turn with a debate in the Dáil and a visit by Irish MEPs and TDs to the European Commission.We report from the Positive Farmers conference in Cork and the Bristol Livestock conference in the UK.What’s on today:
Positive Farmers Dairy conference
To see what’s coming up, visit our agri events calendar.
Weather forecast
Met Éireann forecasts that Wednesday will be mostly cloudy and cold, with showery outbreaks of rain and sleet, turning heavier and increasingly wintry in the afternoon and evening with a risk of thunder. Highest temperatures of just 2°C to 6°C in moderate to fresh southwest breezes.
Tonight it will be cold with frost and ice, in light to moderate northwest winds. There will be long dry spells with clear skies but some scattered showers too. A few of the showers will turn wintry, with the odd snow flurry possible anywhere across the country. Most of the showers will affect west and northwest coastal counties, where there is also the slight risk of thunder. Lowest temperatures of 0°C to -2°C, coldest across the north and east of the country.
In the news today
The IFA focuses on beef in its 2016 general election submission.The Department of Agriculture has paid a consultancy firm in the UK €1.5m to carry out an evaluation of the effectiveness of the Green Low Carbon Agri-environment Scheme (GLAS).In the marts, it’s a slow start to 2016 at Carnaross. Meanwhile, there’s a firm calf trade in Bandon.Slurry spreading season reopens today for farmers in Dublin, Wicklow, Wexford, Kilkenny, Carlow, Cork, Tipperary, Waterford, Laois, Offaly and Kildare.Irish Malt Growers offered to represent all at last night’s meeting.In agribusiness news, Irish animal nutrition company Alltech has acquired Masterfeeds, one of the leading feed manufacturers in Canada.And finally, the fight for IFA deputy president and regional chairs is heating up.Coming up today on farmersjournal.ie:
Bord Bia releases its report on Irish food exports in 2015.The aftermath of flooding takes a political turn with a debate in the Dáil and a visit by Irish MEPs and TDs to the European Commission.We report from the Positive Farmers conference in Cork and the Bristol Livestock conference in the UK.What’s on today:
Positive Farmers Dairy conference
To see what’s coming up, visit our agri events calendar.
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