According to Teagasc higher energy and fertilizer prices will increase the cost of baled silage so farmers need to focus more on how to improve silage quality while minimising costs at all stages.

CEDAR cladding is all so very the 2000s decade, but it was also big in the 1960s, coincidentally enough when flat roofs and ‘radical’ design innovations were also very much in vogue.

The FTSE 100 Index is close to its opening level - up 11.4 points at 5224.6 amid thin trading.