• Minister for Agriculture Michael Creed has announced details of a fodder transport subsidy for farmers facing shortages.
  • Sheep were saved but a tractor was destroyed in a shed fire in Co Mayo at the weekend.
  • Co-ops have launched their climate change plan, calling for funding to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
  • Brazilian beef could be back in the US by April.
  • Northern Ireland’s Department for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs has appointed a new permanent secretary.

    • Photo of the day

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

    Matthew Slevin and his brother Brendan from streamtown, Westmeath delivering a new calf. This is a busy time with 200 due to calve. Matthew finds it difficult to get help to work on the farm but the two brothers farm close to one another. \ Philip Doyle

    Matthew Slevin and his brother Brendan from streamtown, Westmeath delivering a new calf. This is a busy time with 200 due to calve. Matthew finds it difficult to get help to work on the farm but the two brothers farm close to one another. \ Philip Doyle