• Wednesday was a big day for Glanbia. The country’s largest milk processor announced a 13% increase in profits for its 2016 year as well as the creation of a new entity.

  • Farmers in Northern Ireland are one step closer to negligible BSE status.
  • Co Waterford dairy farmer Kieran Hearne threw open the gates of his farm to talk about his farming week during the busy calving season.
  • In what was an unusual step, all the farm organisations united on Wednesday in Co Sligo to protest over the potential closure of the regional vet lab in the county
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  • And finally, The Dealer reports that Brian Leslie may not be the next chief executive of the Kerry Co-op after all.

    • Photo of the day

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

    Here we have young James Wall from Co Sligo protesting over the potential closure of the RVL in Sligo on Wednesday. \ Brian Farrell