In the news

  • The top recipients of direct payments in Ireland have been named.
  • The EPA’s latest figures point to an increase in agriculture emissions from dairy farming in particular.
  • A joint memorandum has been signed by a number of European ministers and secretaries for agriculture in Madrid that the CAP budget should not be cut.
  • The Dealer’s eye was drawn to a newspaper clipping from America recently, where a police report highlighted a problem with escaped livestock in a graveyard.
  • Beef editor Adam Woods reports from Dallas, Texas this week for the 22nd World Meat Congress.

    • Photo of the day

    Agri-aware at Bloom in Dublin.

    This cheeky chappie clearly enjoying himself at Bord Bia's Bloom event this week.