• Profits on dairy farms fell by a quarter last year according to new figures.
  • Algerian buyers have been shopping for Irish cattle. Some 1,200 head are expected to sail later this year.
  • Milk supplies continue to rocket. Volumes for April are forecast to up be 15% when compared with the same time last year.
  • Are you paying too much for fencing equipment? Our new series examines what you should be paying.
  • And finally, one lucky Co Longford family is planning on a new investment after a big win on the lottery.

    • Photo of the day

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

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    Pictured is Finbarr Hamill, a farmer in the Northern Ireland Better Farm programme, checking on his stock.