• Minister for Agriculture Michael Creed has announced that the Department will provide financial support for farmers in northeast Donegal affected by the flooding last month.
  • After creating a furore last spring about contracts, it looks like LIC is now looking at club membership.
  • A dedicated risk management fund for market crises in the agricultural sector will not be put in place, Commissioner Phil Hogan has said.
  • The Department confirmed news of the extension of the catch crops deadline on Tuesday afternoon.
  • The Department of Agriculture has lodged a formal request for a 70% advance Basic Payment Scheme.

    • Photo of the day

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

    Denis Lahart from Kells, Kilkenny, with his son.