• The Common Agricultural Policy has entered the space age. New rules adopted by the European Commission give member states the option to completely replace physical checks on farms with satellite data.
  • European farm organisation Copa-Cogeca has sent out a "red alert" on the trade deal between the EU and South America, Mercosur.
  • After issuing a profit warning for 2018, €450m was wiped off the value of Aryzta shares in one day.
  • Machinery manufacturer Grimme has opened a new €13m plant in China.
  • And in the weather forecast, temperatures this weekend are set to keep on rising.
  • Photo of the day

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

    A set of happy triplets on Unst, one of the Shetland Islands. \ Catriona Kirkwood

    A set of happy triplets on Unst, one of the Shetland Islands. \ Catriona Kirkwood