The Irish Farmers' Association (IFA) is calling on agricultural planners to submit all outstanding GLAS nutrient-management plans as soon as possible. According to the IFA, 14,000 plans are still outstanding, holding up the final 15 per cent payment due to farmers involved. 

Manor Farm’s Healthier Eating Challenge will take to the main stage at the Taste of Cavan festival this weekend. The hour-long interactive demonstration will give visitors to the two-day local food event practical tips on nutrition and cooking and on how to make healthier food choices at mealtimes.

The publication by the EU Commission of the ‘Notice of initiation of a partial interim review of the anti-dumping measures applicable to imports of ammonium nitrate originating in Russia’ has been welcomed by the IFA.

IFA national livestock chairman Angus Woods said cattle supplies at the meat factories this week are tighter than anticipated and factories are finding it more difficult to cattle at the lower quoted prices.

Irish Farmers' Association (IFA) national sheep chairman, John Lynskey, said the lamb trade has strengthened this week with factories paying up to €5.20/kg to get scarce supplies. He said prices are higher and numbers tighter.

Kerry Group has announced that revenue increased by 4.8 per cent to €3.2bn in the first half of 2017, driven by strong organic growth offset by adverse currency movements.

The second of two Open Calls under the European Innovation Partnerships Initiative (EIP) has been launched by the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine.

Responding to the Teagasc Situation and Outlook 2017 forecast that dairy farm incomes would increase significantly this year, IFA national dairy chairman, Sean O’Leary, said that while the improvement is welcome, it was also badly needed, coming as it does in the wake of a difficult prolonged period of major cash-flow challenges.