• The IFA has said that the 750 GLAS payments being made this week are ”some progress” but added that the minister must put maximum pressure on his Department to make payments to all the remaining 8,000 farmers.
  • A farmer from Co Sligo has set up a petition to save to the Department of Agriculture’s regional veterinary laboratory (RVL) in Sligo.
  • Reports from the Department of Agriculture have confirmed that the long-awaited TAMS II grants for tillage farmers will be launched in the near future.
  • We speak to farmers in Kingscourt, Co Cavan, affected by the proposed North-South interconnector.
  • And watch the highlights from the first day of the long-awaited FTMTA Farm Machinery Show here.
  • Photo of the day courtesy of Irish Farmers Journal picture desk

    Some of the crowd at the Irish Farmers Journal Livestock Demo in Ennis Mart on Wednesday 8 February.