In the news

  • Dairygold has put forward a minimum green contract price for beans of €175/t for the 2018 harvest
  • Gardaí told the Irish Farmers Journal that they are investigating the theft of 30 bales from a farmyard at Esker near Athenry, Co Galway.
  • The Yield Lab, which provides support to start-up companies in the ag tech sector, has opened for applications from start-up companies for its 2018 programme.
  • Minister Creed is to head a delegation travelling to Turkey in the hopes of increasing the Irish cattle export market.
  • CNH Industrial is predicting that global demand for agricultural equipment will rise in 2018

    • Picture of the day

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

    Paddy Moore tagging cattle on his farm in Higginstown Co.Kilkenny.