The Farming Week

Francess McDonnell, Aisling O'Brien and Louise Hickey bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture from Agriland , which this week includes: Fodder stocks: what should farmers do next; Warning over dairy farmer’s income levels; The financial and mental impacts of low milk yields in 2024; €20m scheme for suckler farmers to open in early August; Crop challenges from potential straw...

Charles O'Donnell, Aisling O'Brien and Louise Hickey bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture from Agriland , which this week includes: Plan for strict restrictions on calf exports to Netherlands from 2026; Agreement reached on new Farmers’ Charter; ACRES issues - particularly potential clawbacks - and recent balancing payments; GPS thefts, arrest, and IFA calling for rural c...

Charles O'Donnell, Aisling O'Brien, Louise Hickey and Breifne O'Brien bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture from Agriland , which this week includes: Concerns over fodder stocks; The cost of making bales of silage; The main talking points from BEEF2024 open day; DAFM chief inspector on fertiliser database and derogation; Almost three quarters of work-related deaths are in...

Francess McDonnell, Aisling O'Brien and Louise Hickey bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture from Agriland , which this week includes: Tirlán seeking voluntary redundancies and updates on milk supply and prices; Eamon Ryan stepping down and the race for a new Green Party leader; Nature Restoration Law passes; €21.1m in ACRES balancing payments to begin this week; Teagasc is...

Charles O’Donnell, Louise Hickey and Francess McDonnell n bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture from Agriland , which this week includes: EPA report and reactions; Election counts start to wrap up at local and European level; Liming programme extension; TAMS payments commence plus reactions and wrap up on approvals; Danish investment firm to set up AD plants in Ireland; 20...

Charles O’Donnell, Breifne O'Brien and Stella Meehan bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture from Agriland , which this week includes: Revenue guidance on VAT refunds and reaction Most popular sire breeds in sucklers Kilkenny based dairy business with 470 cows sold for €1.45m Inter-county footballer and farmer Sheep Shearing Championships Mountbellew Don’t forget to rate, re...

 Charles O’Donnell, Aisling O’Brien and Rubina Freiberg bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture from Agriland , which this week includes: €40m National Biomethane Strategy published; Protesters demand ‘justice’ for ash dieback farmers; DII presents 10-point plan to ‘secure’ nitrates derogation; Agriculture to ‘exceed’ emissions ceiling; AMS to be used to check extensive graz...

Charles O’Donnell, Aisling O’Brien and Rubina Freiberg bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture from Agriland , which this week includes: Agriland readers’ poll on who they’ll be voting for in the European elections; Farmers rearing calves to lose out on payment this year; Ban on live exports from Britain; Environmental impact of small farms; Scheme to reward farmers for expo...

Charles O'Donnell, Breifne O'Brien, Francess McDonnell and Rubina Freiberg  bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture from Agriland, which this week includes: Beef exports and cattle prices; IFA and the Kerry question; Calls for a new nitrates derogation taskforce; Long awaited tillage report published; How to qualify for the ash dieback payment; And Gardaí stop 14 year old tr...

Charles O'Donnell, Aisling O’Brien, Breifne O'Brien and Louise Hickey bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture from Agriland, which this week includes: Committee clashes with Revenue over VAT refunds; Over 83,000 BISS applications submitted as deadline nears; Minister confirms in-person training for SCEP; Processors urged to ‘maximise’ price paid for April milk; Castleisland...

Charles O’Donnell, Francess McDonnell and Louise Hickey bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture from Agriland, which this week includes: New €79.5m ash dieback scheme Tirlán on turnover and derogation Growing potatoes in the rain. Met Éireann blight season gets underway; RSA, Irish hauliers and Cherbourg What’s next for the Forgotten Farmers group?

Charles O'Donnell, Rubina Freiberg and Aisling O’Brien bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture from Agriland, which this week includes: MEPS vote for CAP simplification DAFM inspections resume Revenue to give clarity on VAT refunds Land values to rise by 6% in 2024 €40 million to upgrade rural laneways Ireland’s new national park to span 70,000ac  Don’t forget to rate, revie...

Stella Meehan and Aisling O’Brien bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture from Agriland, which this week includes: €100/ha for tillage farmers who plant in 2024 Dairy exit scheme ‘off the table’ Weather impacts dairy market outlook Co-ops report sharp drop in profits ‘Agri-related’ water incident affects 500 people in Mayo Safety alert for agricultural tipping trailers   Don...

Francess McDonnell, Aisling O’Brien and Colm Ryan bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture from Agriland, which this week includes:          ·      Met Éireann says high pressure due to set in ·      Fodder Transport Support Measure unveiled ·      Anger at lack of support for tillage sector ·      Stretching out silage and turning out stock at Lough Funshinagh ·      Nationa...

Charles O’Donnell, Francess McDonnell and Aisling O’Brien bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture from Agriland, which this week includes:         • Non-essential farm inspections paused • Minister meets banks on short term finance for farmers • Milk processors urged to pay ‘hardship top-up’ on March milk • Concern over workload facing contractors • Calls for derogation to a...

Charles O’Donnell, Francess McDonnell and Aisling O’Brien bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture from Agriland, which this week includes:         ·      Weather woes and fodder shortages on farms ·      ACRES exemptions due to poor ground conditions ·      Why did non-ACRES farmers receive €5,000 payment? ·      EU driving licence proposals could have implications for tract...

Charles O’Donnell, Louise Hickey and Aisling O’Brien bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture from Agriland, which this week includes:        -       FCI contractor charge guide published -       Increase in prices for farm plastic recycling -       Imminent increase in green diesel price -       Farmers running out of fodder and spring grazing is 'unworkable'  -       Roundu...

Charles O’Donnell and Aisling O’Brien bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture from Agriland, which this week includes:       -       National Liming Programme extended -       Farmers granted exemption to three-crop rule -       EU proposes CAP flexibility for farms under 10ha -       More changes for SCEP farmers -       Punch aims for Europe as IFA council protests continu...

Charles O’Donnell and Aisling O’Brien bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture from Agriland, which this week includes:      ·      9,000 farmers to be accepted into ACRES tranche 2 ·      New €60 million water quality programme aims to get 15,000 farmers on board  ·      Farm orgs welcome interim judgement on nitrates case ·      Priest urges farmer to keep surprise triplet...

Louise Hickey, Breifne O’Brien, Colm Ryan and Aisling O’Brien bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture from Agriland, which this week includes:     ·      ACRES interim payments begin issuing ·      MEPs pass Nature Restoration Law ·      Teagasc to develop 100ac organic beef research farm ·      58% support reducing the national herd ·      Farmers’ heartbreak over flooding...

Charles O’Donnell, Louise Hickey and Aisling O’Brien bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture from Agriland, which this week includes:    ·      Genotyping programme changes after passport delays ·      Reactors, restrictions and costs all rise for TB programme  ·      665 herds identified for illegal burning ·      ‘The dairy cow can’t pay for everything’ ·      TD hits out...

Charles O’Donnell and Aisling O’Brien bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture from Agriland, which this week includes:   ·      McConalogue announces ACRES interim payment rates ·      IFA campaign focuses on county council meetings ·      Fitzmaurice joins new rural party ·      Aggravated burglary at home of elderly farmer ·      Lakeland raises milk price again for Januar...

Charles O’Donnell, Breifne O’Brien and Aisling O’Brien bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture from Agriland, which this week includes: • Local authorities to increase farm inspections • Details of new suckler scheme • Tirlán’s €6 million payout to 4,700 farmer shareholders • EU reacts to farmer protests • 10 deer management units to be set up • Farmers join ‘single and ming...

Louise Hickey, Charles O’Donnell and Aisling O’Brien bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture, which this week includes:   ·      Thousands of farmers support ‘show of solidarity’ ·      Protesters from agri-sector confront minister at ICSA AGM ·      Cork marts to charge sellers €5/head for unsold calves ·      Ship carrying thousands of livestock directed to return to Austr...

Louise Hickey, Colm Ryan and Stella Meehan bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture, which this week includes:   ·      The fall-out from Storm Isha and Storm Jocelyn on rural communities ·      DAFM pays out an additional €8.1m in scheme payments ·      Farmer battles TB outbreaks for over 20 years ·      Agricultural tyres to be included in environmental scheme ·      How s...