• Recent hearings by the French Senate have confirmed that successive detections of salmonella in infant formula were slow to translate into consumer protection measures, threatening the wider industry.
  • Despite reports that a cull of deer in Killarney National Park started last month, calls have been made for further action to be taken as farmers face ‘breaking point’.
  • Cork IT and UCD battle it out in the great agri-food debate.
  • The Nitrates Derogation has been confirmed for four more years.
  • And, Northern Ireland broke a new record for milk production in 2017.

    • Photo of the day

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

    Patrick Yore from Dervore, Kells Co Meath says Lassie is the 'farm manager'. \ Philip Doyle