Meat processors insisted this week that there are no "active cases" of Covid-19 in Irish plants and that "stringent control and mitigation measures" were in place to limit the spread of the virus.
For anyone counting, it only took 138 days for our new Minister and 'super-junior' at the Department of Agriculture to be appointed.
Local farmers were among the objectors to a proposed new crematorium which has been refused planning permission in Cork.
Just days after being appointed, Minister for Agriculture, Barry Cowen has an invitation to attend Longford District Court and explain his Department's response to allegations there is a rising cohort of 'rogue farmers' undermining the country's beef industry.
The ICSA has called for the removal of the TB test exemption for all calves up 120 days of age.
Bord Bia's plan for a grass-fed beef brand is a "very broad church" and needs more imagination, according to the new Junior Minister at the Department of Agriculture, Pippa Hackett.
Sean Conway (pictured) farms at Coondrihara, Lavagh, Ballymote at the foot of Knocknashee in Co Sligo.
