Weather forecast

Tuesday will be mainly dry, with bright or sunny spells. Cloud will increase during the afternoon. Top temperatures of 11°C to 14°C in light variable breezes, becoming southwesterly by the end of the day.

In the news today

  • Several days of talks have failed to lift the opposition of a Belgian region to the trade agreement between the EU and Canada.

  • Further cuts to beef prices are hitting farmer confidence.
  • Approximately 4,500 farmers have yet to complete the carbon navigator application as part of the Beef Data and Genomics Programme (BDGP) before the deadline of 31 October.
  • A Blackface ram lamb sold for a whopping £85,000 (€95,505) at a sale in Scotland on Saturday.
  • Sales in terms of value have declined further at Tesco, meaning that Dunnes Stores takes the position as Ireland’s second-largest supermarket.
  • French consumers have voted to pay farmers 39c/l under a new milk brand.
  • And there was a steady trade for most bullocks in Bandon yesterday, with more than 460 bullocks going through the sales ring.

    • What’s coming up today

  • Grain market update
  • We go through the accounts just published by Dawn Meats’ French venture Elivia

    • What’s on today

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