In the new

  • IFAC estimates that the fodder crisis is costing the average Waterford farmer €2,500 per week.
  • Co-ops are being urged to hold the price of milk as farmers continue to experience fodder shortages.
  • Kerry has confirmed that it has sourced an additional 1,000 bales of maize silage from the UK.
  • Shannon Airport is considering making bales to help farmers challenged by fodder shortages.
  • The Tipperary-based co-op, Arrabawn, has received over 120 requests for fodder.

    • Photo of the day

    Christopher Muldoon is a beef farmer in Moate, Co Westmeath. While Christopher has enough fodder having carried some from one year to another, local farmers in his area are not so fortunate. He describes the good community spirit in the area while he loads two spare bails of hay on to a neighbour's trailer. \ Philip Doyle

    Christopher Muldoon is a beef farmer in Moate, Co Westmeath. While Christopher has enough fodder having carried some from one year to another, local farmers in his area are not so fortunate. He describes the good community spirit in the area while he loads two spare bails of hay on to a neighbour's trailer. \ Philip Doyle