In the news

  • Glanbia and Lakeland Dairies both set their milk prices for November on Wednesday.
  • Irish farmers pay double the interest rate of their European counterparts.
  • The supports available to farmers in 2018 for the eradication of Bovine Viral Diarrhoea (BVD) will remain the same as they were in 2017.
  • The Department of Agriculture’s spend was running €128.5m behind target for the first 11 months of the year.
  • Target more inspections at waste tyres and food waste, the EPA has said in a review.

    • Photo of the day

    Cows eating silage bales, Mitchelstown, Co. Cork. \ Donal O’ Leary.