EU Commissioner Phil Hogan will today unveil a new €1bn cheap loan scheme designed to boost the number of young farmers staying in the business.
Bayer shareholders on Friday cast a vote of disapproval of the German drugmaker's top management amid anger over a stock price slump as litigation risks mount from the $63 billion takeover of seed maker Monsanto.
The 6pc fall in Glanbia's share price during the week coincided with news that more than a fifth of shareholders had voted against the new remuneration package for chief executive Siobhan Talbot and finance director Mark Garvey.
Andrew Doyle, Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has announced that 4,248 forest owners have received their annual forest premium payments in their bank accounts this week, amounting to a sum of €15.4 million in total.
Met Éireann has thrown cold water over hopes that Ireland will bask in a three-month long heatwave following the UK's promise of a 28C “Spanish plume”.
A typical spring barley grower in Ireland will spend €90/ha on fungicides. This increases to €135/ha for a winter barley grower and further increases to €190/ha for winter wheat.
