• A farmer claimed almost €30,000 in Farm Assist money despite having nearly €500,000 in the bank.
  • Prices at the latest Global Dairy Trade (GDT) auction fell today.
  • Teagasc says there is 20% of straw left to be baled nationally.
  • Wexford was the wettest county in Ireland last month, according to Met Éireann.
  • The deadline for sowing catch crops under GLAS has been extended (again).
  • Photo of the day

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

    No, that’s not an Angus. It’s a water buffalo. In Co Wexford. You can read all about them in this week’s Irish Farmers Journal, in shops on Thursday. Ramona Farrelly