Another cut to all farmers' payments may be needed to secure sufficient funding for the National Reserve from 2021 onwards.
Two prolific cow families, which have registered more than 700 progeny, have become the backbone of Peter Ging's Ballyclider Holstein-Friesian herd in Co Laois, one of the longest-established black-and-white herds in the region.
Question marks now hang over Beef Plan and the monies it raised around the country from farmers at its meetings.
Another cut to all farmers' payments may be needed to secure sufficient funding for the National Reserve from 2021 onwards.
The weather forecast told me yesterday to expect rain, hail, snow and falling temperatures over the coming days.
For the first time in 20 years, changes are being made to how the calving difficulty of a bull is calculated.
Question marks now hang over Beef Plan and the monies it raised around the country from farmers at its meetings.
