• Sites belonging to Aurivo, LacPatrick and Rosderra Meats have all failed to meet environmental standards, according to the EPA.
  • A new financing initiative by the European Investment Bank will see €400m in loans being made available for agri co-operatives.
  • The Department of Agriculture issued a reminder to farmers that there is just under a month left to apply for the Basic Payment Scheme.
  • Shannon Airport made 1,600 bales on its 400-acre site during the fodder crisis of 2013, and hopes to get at least 1,000 bales over the next three days.

    • Photo of the day

    Courtesy of the Irish Farmers Journal picture desk here is our photo of the day:

    Dairy farmer James Donovan from Glin, Co Limerick, moves some of his bullocks onto fresh grass overlooking the Shannon estuary.

    Dairy farmer James Donovan from Glin, Co Limerick, moves some of his bullocks onto fresh grass overlooking the Shannon estuary. . \ Philip Doyle