Weather forecast
Tonight will see most areas stay dry with a few patches of drizzle and fog.
According to Met Éireann there will be some frost locally under longer clear breaks.
Lowest temperatures 1-6°C, coldest across the north and east.
Tomorrow, Friday, will be a brighter day with a mix of sunny spells and some cloudier intervals.
The odd spot of drizzle is possible, mainly for along Atlantic coasts. Again relatively mild with highest temperatures of 8-11°C.
In the news
The average dry matter digestibility for 2018 across pitted silage cuts analysed by Glanbia was 70%.Mountrath Mart announced on Wednesday this week that it would close with immediate effect after 51 years trading, leaving farmers shocked.The Scottish Government has announced it will bring forward legislation this year requiring abattoirs to have CCTV in all areas where live animals are present.An east Clare-based project has received €1m in departmental and European funding to turn scrub-like rushes on farmlands into a biomass product, known as biochar. The Irish Farmers Journal understands that some 80,400t of skim milk powder (SMP) were sold out of EU intervention stocks on Tuesday 8 January. Coming up this Friday
See what this weekend’s weather holds as the first of the closed periods for slurry spreading comes to an end in Zone A.
Weather forecast
Tonight will see most areas stay dry with a few patches of drizzle and fog.
According to Met Éireann there will be some frost locally under longer clear breaks.
Lowest temperatures 1-6°C, coldest across the north and east.
Tomorrow, Friday, will be a brighter day with a mix of sunny spells and some cloudier intervals.
The odd spot of drizzle is possible, mainly for along Atlantic coasts. Again relatively mild with highest temperatures of 8-11°C.
In the news
The average dry matter digestibility for 2018 across pitted silage cuts analysed by Glanbia was 70%.Mountrath Mart announced on Wednesday this week that it would close with immediate effect after 51 years trading, leaving farmers shocked.The Scottish Government has announced it will bring forward legislation this year requiring abattoirs to have CCTV in all areas where live animals are present.An east Clare-based project has received €1m in departmental and European funding to turn scrub-like rushes on farmlands into a biomass product, known as biochar. The Irish Farmers Journal understands that some 80,400t of skim milk powder (SMP) were sold out of EU intervention stocks on Tuesday 8 January. Coming up this Friday
See what this weekend’s weather holds as the first of the closed periods for slurry spreading comes to an end in Zone A. 
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