• LacPatrick Dairies is set to enter merger talks with neighbouring co-ops.
  • The Fodder Import Scheme can be used to import fodder from Britain but not Northern Ireland, Minister for Agriculture Michael Creed has confirmed.
  • The financial incentives to grow protein crops must be increased to support the EU protein strategy, according to MEP Mairead McGuinness
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  • The first case of Schmallenberg (SBV) in a bovine in 2018 has been confirmed in Northern Ireland by the Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI).
  • And, grass growth has finally taken off on Tullamore farm this week, with a growth figure of 64kg/DM/Ha being recorded over the last seven days.

    • Photo of the day

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

    Alex Robertson, throws a sheep to Martin Gray follwoing flooding in Clonegal, Co. Carlow.

    Alex Robertson, throws a sheep to Martin Gray following flooding in Clonegal, Co. Carlow. Read more here.