They have another jersey for the wall now. Right up there alongside the Irish one, a Sam Warburton jersey from the World Cup quarter-final in 2011 and the prized geansaí of Kiwi legend, Richie McCaw.

Cork IFA members are celebrating the 25th anniversary of the county’s decision to create the divisions of west, north, and central.

JOB opportunities for graduates in the agri-food sector increased more than three-fold in the last quarter of 2010, according to analysis by the Agricultural Science Association (ASA).

AN EXTRA phosphorous allowance of 15kg/ha for reseeding at soil index 1, 2 or 3 will be part of the new national action programme (NAP) under the Nitrates Directive, agreed between the Government and the EU Commission.

AGRI AWARE has won the 2010 Agricultural Journalism Awards for Incredible Edibles.

AGRICULTURAL scientists agree with Ireland’s farming groups that regulations on the spreading of nitrates should be defined by climactic conditions rather than adhering to strict calendar months.

YOU didn’t have to be bigger than all the rest to catch the eye at Kenmare Fair yesterday.

CORK CONSTITUTION yesterday officially objected to the Munster Branch decision to deny them the chance of defending the Munster Senior Cup.

CORK CONSTITUTION are on a collision course with the provincial branch of the IRFU after a ruling yesterday saw them dumped out of the Munster Senior Cup.

FOUR of the seven Guild of Agricultural Journalists awards, which Health Minister Mary Harney presented at the Guinness Storehouse in Dublin, were won by Irish Farmers Journal contributors.

PIG farmers are unhappy with meat processors over the prices they are paying them for supplies.

THE SURVIVING 22 Munster Rugby Lions - and the three Wallace brothers, Richard, Paul and David in particular - will be honoured at a corporate lunch at the Maryborough House Hotel, Cork, on January 27.

Irish farmers are selling pigs at below production cost, following the 5c/kg price cut for all pigs supplied this week.

IFA has accused Glanbia of reneging on previous commitments to pig suppliers, by leading a price drop of 5c/kg.

MORE than 1,000 people marched through Mitchelstown, Co Cork, yesterday in protest at the decision of Dairygold Co-op to end pig slaughtering at its Galtee plant in the town.

DAIRYGOLD has warned that any effort to undermine consumer confidence in Galtee Meats by way of protest will be detrimental to the best interests of both the brand and pig producers.

IRISH pig producers were disappointed this week when prices increased by 3c/kg in Dawn and Galtee, and only 2c/kg in Glanbia, despite a significantly stronger market across the EU.

A RIP-OFF in the food chain must be addressed now if consumers are to have native supplies of pork and bacon products into the future, pig producers have warned.

PHARMACEUTICAL waste which was exported to Belgium was nearly reintroduced into the Irish food chain.