GRAIN yields are forecast to fall 22pc this harvest, with overall tonnage of cereals expected to drop by around 400,000t compared to 2019.
Farmers are facing increases in commission charges as the majority of marts move to install online bidding systems.
The strong factory kills continue: 37,292 for the week ending June 28. Add to that around another 1,100 that went North that week for immediate slaughter, out of the 1,701 that moved north (Department of Agriculture figures), and you do wonder how much longer the numbers can keep coming.
"Cough etiquette" is one of the phrases that has defined 2020 for me so far. Not a day goes by that I don't hear about how coughing into my elbow will help minimise the risk of spread of Covid 19.
The Government would "take a very dim view" of private hospitals profiting from Covid-19 testing, Health Minister Stephen Donnelly has said.
The Trump and Biden presidential campaigns now see the coronavirus response as the major force shaping the results of November's election, prompting both camps to try to refocus their campaigns more heavily on the pandemic, according to officials and advisers of both campaigns.
THE progress of legislation that would reduce Fair Deal nursing home costs for farm families has been delayed by Covid-19, the Department of Health has said.
