The Farming Week

The Agriland team bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture, which this week includes: Average farm incomes up across the board in 2025; Will EU livestock and protein strategies deliver for farmers? Defining 'active farmer' important to CAP deal; Proposal to digitise cattle passports; New mobile machine solving slurry-related issues. Don’t forget to rate, review and follow The...

The Agriland team brings you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture, which this week includes: How have beef prices fared this week? Fuel excise cuts extended; Irish EU presidency begins as CAP talks enter key period; Farmer Forum holds first meeting; New rural housing guidelines. Don’t forget to rate, review and follow The Farming Week, Agriland’s weekly review of Irish agriculture,...

The Agriland team bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture, which this week includes: Beef prices on the rise as weekly cattle supply dips; How much were the board of Bord Bia paid in 2025? Farmer gets nitrates non-compliance notice 3 years after inspection; €1.7m project to use advanced slurry management technologies; Invasive species among main causes of biodiversity loss....

The Agriland team bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture, which this week includes: Bord Bia governance review endorses chair Larry Murrin; EU unveils €500m fertiliser support package; Beef price steadies after 5 weeks of 10c/kg declines; Govt to use EU presidency role to boost CAP funding; 'Little overall improvement' in water quality in 2025 – EPA. Don’t forget to rate, r...

The Agriland team bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture, which this week includes: Over 32,000 farmers apply for fuel support scheme; Pressure on beef prices continues; Bord Bia board to meet to discuss governance review; 43% of farms fail local authority water quality inspections; Greenway projects costing €2m/km on average. Don’t forget to rate, review and follow The Far...

The Agriland team bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture, which this week includes: Tax and fuel payments; Diesel vehicle scrappage scheme; Irish farming and the EU's green future; More trouble ahead for beef farmers? Ireland in the dock over peat cutting. Don’t forget to rate, review and follow The Farming Week, Agriland’s weekly review of Irish agriculture, and visit Agri...

The Agriland team bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture, which this week includes: Bluetongue case in Tipperary; Michael Kelly for trial for murder of farmer; Victor Boyhan on succession in Seanad; Fuel subsidy scheme extended and €26 million savings for DAFM being sought; Bloom starts. Don’t forget to rate, review and follow The Farming Week, Agriland’s weekly review of I...

The Agriland team bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture, which this week includes: Farmers slam EU Fertiliser Action Plan; Kerry Dairy Ireland reveals new name; 122,000 farmers apply for BISS and related schemes; 26% of dairy herds defaulted to highest excretion band; Teen creates farm management tool. Don’t forget to rate, review and follow The Farming Week, Agriland’s we...

The Agriland team bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture, which this week includes: €6m scheme for on-farm badger biosecurity opens; Around 3,600 applications for Fuel Support Scheme; Brazilian exports to the EU could be banned from September; Beef farmers urged to 'box clever' amid factory price cuts'; Can venison solve Ireland’s deer issue? Don’t forget to rate, review an...

The Agriland team bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture, which this week includes: Fuel Income Support Scheme for farmers and contractors opens; Landowners slam greenway policy at committee hearing; How are beef and sheep prices looking this week? No formal EU scheme proposed for voluntary cuts in milk output; Over 2,200 TAMS applications refused after ranking and selectio...

The Agriland team bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture, which this week includes: Details of €100 million Fuel Support Scheme revealed; ICOS warns of 'enormous financial challenge' to secure fertiliser for 2027; Call for flat-rate addition to align with livestock VAT rate; Farm plastics recycling shake up to give farmers more choice; Bluetongue cases now confirmed in 7 co...

The Agriland team bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture, which this week includes: EU state aid flexibility on fuel costs; News from Brussels on next CAP; Leo Varadkar in hot water over rural comments; Danny Healy-Rae kicked off agriculture committee; Tirlán CEO on international volatility; Week 2 of new TB rules in marts; Key updates on farm schemes. Don’t forget to rate,...

The Agriland team bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture, which this week includes: Fuel supports announced but Healy-Rae resigns; New TB changes come into effect; Dairy industry players announce March milk prices and financial results; Key schemes for dairy beef and forestry; Agriland catches up with Clarkson's Farm star Kaleb Cooper. Don’t forget to rate, review and follo...

The Agriland team bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture, which this week includes: Soaring fuel prices spark nationwide protests; Contractors call on government to tackle rising fuel costs; Fertiliser market set for ‘prolonged tight supply’; Should farmers should keep spreading fertiliser despite high prices? New TB changes at the mart from Monday, April 13; €750,000 earma...

The Agriland team bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture, which this week includes: Government urged to take action on rising agri fuel costs; EU commissioner pours cold water on CBAM suspension for fertiliser; Teagasc hikes advisory and education fees; Michael O'Leary says farmers should not be worried about Mercosur trade deal; Farmer anger over Bord Bia chair laid bare i...

The Agriland team bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture, which this week includes: Farm orgs slam government fuel cost measures 100ac of silage set to cost €2,855 extra as diesel soars; Irish farmers face fertiliser shortages over Middle East conflict; 'Relentless' price cuts hit beef finishers; EU and Australia sign free trade agreement; Aurivo and Dale Farm announce 'str...

The Agriland team bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture, which this week includes: Calls for measures on farmer fuel costs as govt plans response; Fertiliser price shock 'may not be as acute as spring of 2022'; Increase in fertiliser sales linked to higher river nitrogen levels; Ireland set for sharp drop in beef production; Warning that current high calf prices 'not addin...

The Agriland team bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture, which this week includes: Middle East conflict impacting fuel and fertiliser prices; North Cork Creameries latest; Kerry Dairy Ireland contracts; An Taisce case against sixth NAP; TAMS applications issues; New changes to Forestry Programme; Minister talks Bord Bia and TB at ICSA AGM; Big numbers and prices for calves...

The Agriland team bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture, which this week includes: Bluetongue movement restrictions ease; Jobs at risk at North Cork Creameries; Impact of US-Iran conflict; IFA protest ends and Bord Bia review to start; Mercosur deal provisionally applied; TAMS ranking and selection; Pneumonia on farms; International Year of the Woman Farmer ambassador. Don...

Charles O'Donnell, Aisling O'Brien and Stella Meehan bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture from Agriland , which this week includes: IFA heading for minister's Newbridge office amid Bord Bia dispute; EU audits Brazilian beef regulations; 5,000kg of beef with banned hormone consumed in Netherlands; 2026 Tillage Support Scheme launched; Additional bluetongue cases confirmed;...

Charles O'Donnell, Stella Meehan and Aisling O'Brien bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture from Agriland , which this week includes: Hundreds of farmers voice anger over Bord Bia controversy at Mayo meeting Investigations ongoing into further cases of bluetongue Cross-border TB pilot launched at Donegal farm EU nitrogen fertiliser imports plummet Teagasc says not all vacan...

Charles O'Donnell and Aisling O'Brien bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture from Agriland , which this week includes: Larry Murrin controversy continues; Heydon calls meeting of key stakeholders; Food labelling in the spotlight; EU auditors spark concerns for farm payments; DAFM seeking skilled operatives for badger programme; Key deadline for hedge cutting and burning; Fa...

Charles O'Donnell, Stella Meehan and Breifne O'Brien bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture from Agriland , which this week includes: Larry Murrin's committee appearance; Bluetongue latest; Contractors' 2026 prices; Key EU commissioners in Ireland on CAP; Home heating oil thefts. Don’t forget to rate, review and follow The Farming Week, Agriland’s weekly review of Irish agr...

Charles O'Donnell, Aisling O'Brien and Francess McDonnell bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture from Agriland , which this week includes: Bluetongue confirmed in Ireland; IFA begin rolling protest outside Bord Bia; Bord Bia chair to appear before Oireachtas committee; Irish EU Commissioner 'regrets' move to refer Mercosur to court; DII disappointed by no new dairy access i...

Charles O'Donnell, Aisling O'Brien and Breifne O'Brien bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture from Agriland , which this week includes: Bord Bia chair gets board support MEPs refer Mercosur deal to Europe’s top court; Over 400t of Mercosur beef imported to Ireland in 2025; No recovery in factory cattle supply expected this year; 338 jobs at risk as ABP to cease retail packi...