In the news

  • Fair Deal reforms announced for farmers next spring.
  • The DUP leader Arlene Foster says they are not adopting a softer stance on Brexit to allow trade to continue.
  • The 2017 Sheep and Goat Census forms have been posted out; farmers have a legal requirement to complete and return them.
  • Despite new phosphate reguations, the Netherlands has managed to produce 12.6bn litres of milk for the first 11 months of the year.
  • Eighty-five percent of farmers in the northwest have reported that they will have a shortage in fodder this winter
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    Photo of the day

    Reader pic sent in over Facebook: Brendan Manamon took this photo of his dog while out gathering sheep on the Nephin range in Co Mayo few weeks ago. The dog is overlooking Ballycroy National Park.