The National Ploughing Championships Innovation Arena Awards have opened for applications and companies are invited to showcase their products and innovations at the heart of the National Ploughing Association (NPA) Innovation Arena at the National Ploughing Championships taking place in Co. Offaly this September.

Cattle prices are rising again this week with reports of €4.10 to as high as €4.20 base offered for steers and €4.20 to €4.30 offered for heifers, according to the Irish Farmers' Association (IFA).

IFA national livestock chairman Angus Woods said the IFA has put forward proposals to Bord Bia for a new protocol on farm audits under the Sustainable Beef and Lamb Quality Assurance Scheme (SBLQAS).

University College Dublin’s (UCD) School of Agriculture and Food Science has been unveiled as the newest patron of Agri Aware, the Irish independent agri-food educational body.

Glanbia's independent shareholders have approved a deal, which will combine Glanbia Ingredients Ireland (GII) and Dairy Ireland’s agri-business and consumer foods division.

Following the vote by Glanbia Co-op shareholders to changes to the Glanbia structure that will create Glanbia Ireland, Irish Farmers' Association (IFA) president Joe Healy said that the new venture must deliver for farmers on product prices and inputs.

Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Andrew Doyle, has provided an update on the recent illegal burning on agricultural and forestry land, which led to the outbreak of serious fires in various counties throughout the country.

The 2017 Cork Summer Show will take place in June at the Showgrounds in Curraheen, Co Cork.