The Farming Week

Louise Hickey, Francess McDonnell, Rubina Freiberg and Aisling O’Brien bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture, which this week includes:   ·      Beef exports to China to resume following discussions with Premier ·      Cap on crude protein in animal feed recommended by water quality group ·      Judge rules that father wanted to leave only son 320ac in his Irish will ·   ...

Louise Hickey and Francess McDonnell bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture, which this week includes:   ·      Agriland Fodder Survey: One third of farmers facing a shortage ·      Lakeland increases milk price for December supplies ·      ‘Big pressure’ on contractors as slurry season approaches ·      Value of Irish food exports down 4% in 2023 ·      Agri projects on di...

Louise Hickey, Breifne O’Brien and Aisling O’Brien bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture, which this week includes: • Range of farm scheme payments to end 2023 • Fallen animal collection service resumes after talks  • €6,500/ac fixed payment for road CPOs • Lebanon market secured for 1,000 Irish dairy heifers • Non-European bark beetle found for first time in Ireland • Far...

Louise Hickey and Aisling O’Brien bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture, which this week includes: • Why unregistered farmers are not receiving VAT refunds  • Fallen animal collection dispute rumbles on • November milk prices • New IFA President and Deputy President elected • ICBF rule out pausing changes to beef indices • Agri-Food Regulator launched Rate, review and foll...

Louise Hickey and Aisling O’Brien bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture, which this week includes: • ACRES CP payments delayed until February • EU proposal on calf transportation • Teagasc’s, Dr. Laurence Shalloo on calf exports • Zoe Kavanagh to step down as NDC CEO • November milk prices • Farm Assist Christmas bonus to be paid this week • Live animal crib launched by Du...

Louise Hickey and Aisling O’Brien bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture, which this week includes: • Cattle and milk prices to increase in 2024 while inputs fall • Farmers voice anger over ICBF index changes • Call for SCEP to be overhauled • EU officially registers Irish Grass Fed Beef PGI • Agri-food exports worth record €19bn in 2022 • Short window for dairy farmers to...

Louise Hickey and Aisling O’Brien bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture, which this week includes: • Commissioner visits Ireland to discuss nitrates derogation • Average land price now over €11,700/ac • Farmers protest at National Beef Conference in Ballinasloe • Farmers ‘living in fear’ of TB • Final exemption for burning green waste ends next week • Quad regulations now...

Francess McDonnell and Aisling O’Brien bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture, which this week includes: • Slats give way in livestock shed on Offaly farm • Ireland to get PGI status for ‘Irish Grass Fed Beef’ • ICBF delay index changes • 3 progeny of atypical BSE case cow to be culled • Concerns that travel rules could impact Irish calf exports • JCB celebrates its 70th bi...

Louise Hickey and Aisling O’Brien bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture, which this week includes: • Irish beef exports to China suspended • Campaign to increase dairy exports by €15 million in Malaysia and the Philippines • Confusion over beef index changes • €325/ha for Shannon Callows farmers • Contractors struggle with costs • Ploughing location and dates revealed • Tr...

Louise Hickey and Aisling O’Brien bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture, which this week includes: • Eco-scheme advance payments worth €184m commence • Liming, soil sampling and farm safety scheme deadlines extended • Farmyard manure allowed to be kept on farm over closed period • TD tells minister €11/ac in tillage supports ‘warrants a slap’ • Shortage of suckler-bred cat...

Francess McDonnell and Aisling O’Brien bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture, which this week includes:   • Advance BISS and CRISS payments worth €452m issued • Over 9,300 farmers sent satellite inspection notifications • TB-restricted herds to be allowed hold online on-farm auctions • ‘Signs of life’ on global dairy markets • Calf export lorry with ‘on-board milk feeders’...

Stella Meehan, Aisling O’Brien and Breifne O’Brien bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture, which this week includes:   • €179m in ANC payments have been issued to farmers • September milk prices revealed • Over 1,400 suckler farmers set to be removed from SCEP • Newford Farm set to relocate to new Co. Roscommon site • IFA hustings • Thousands flock to Meath pumpkin farm Rat...

Stella Meehan and Aisling O’Brien bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture, which this week includes:   -       What’s in Budget 2024 for farmers? -       Mixed reactions to Budget 2024 from farm organisations -       OECD calls for better targeting of EU farmer payments -       Farmers offer 12,000 cattle for potential deal with Algerian buyers -       ‘Record’ financial rep...

Francess McDonnell & Michelle Martin bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture, which this week includes:   - DAFM publishes ‘final’ derogation map  - Budget 2024 – what can farmers expect? - Extensions to the slurry spreading deadline announced - SCEP: Deadline extended for SBLAS certification - 40-year-old straws sire Tipperary calves Rate, review and follow The Farming...

Francess McDonnell & Aisling O’Brien bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture, which this week includes:    ·      Buyers seeking Irish cattle for export to Algeria as Dutch parliament calls for end to calf imports ·      Lobby group warns EU dairy market is in crisis ·      Kerry Group suppliers move to form producer group ·      Tributes to cattle dealer who died after...

This week on a special live edition of The Farming Week podcast from the Ploughing Championships, Stella Meehan is joined by Aisling O’Brien, Breifne O’Brien and Brian McDonnell to recap the highlights of #Ploughing2023.   Up for discussion included debates around the nitrates derogation, the IFA election, pressures on the dairy sector, and of course the effect of the weather on this year’s Plough...

Francess McDonnell & Aisling O’Brien bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture, which this week include:   -       Farmers protest over nitrates and payment delays -       All eligible TAMS applications to be approved -       Beef Welfare Scheme deadline extended -       ACRES tranche 2 to open in mid-October -       IFA elections take shape -       Countdown to the Plough...

Francess McDonnell & Aisling O’Brien bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture, which this week include: - EU cuts Ireland’s nitrates derogation - 3,000 farmers must adjust to new nitrates limit - Farmers protest over delayed payments - Government U-turn on part of concrete levy - ACRES farmers must complete training course - Electric Picnic organisers meet farmers over ha...

Eva Osborne-Sherlock & Aisling O’Brien bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture, which this week include: - Minister to make case for nitrates derogation next week - Fertiliser database kicks in - Burning and hedge cutting window opens - Farmers say new Electric Picnic dates will impact harvest - IFA to meet EPA over red meat tweet - The pothole to beat all others Rate, r...

Eva Osborne-Sherlock & Aisling O’Brien bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture, which this week include: - DAFM to backdate extra TB compensation due to farmers - Almost 2,500 farmers sent satellite inspection notices - Global milk markets give little hope to dairy farmers - EU approves €45m sustainable forest management scheme - Donegal sheep farmer wins FBD Young Farme...

Eva Osborne-Sherlock & Aisling O’Brien bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture, which this week include: - Budget for 2023 Liming Programme doubled to €16m - July milk prices - Lakeland Dairies reduces price, Kerry Group announces base price of 34c/L with 3c/L payment - Change at the helm in Glanbia - Investigation into suspected ‘criminal damage’ in Tipperary after bale...

Stella Meehan & Francess McDonnell bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture, which this week include:   - Dairy Industry Ireland and Irish Co-operative Organisation Society come out against dairy exit scheme - Minister launches new farm succession scheme with grants up to €1,500 - Up to 200 farmers protest in Offaly after River Shannon floods - ‘I’ve never seen a wet July...

Stella Meehan & Aisling O'Brien bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture, which this week include:   -       Minister announces €50/calf scheme for suckler farmers -       Commission approves €308m Irish afforestation scheme -       Fertiliser database change needed so it’s ‘fit for purpose’ – IFA -       Extensions for ACRES scorecards and shallow cultivation -       ‘Fa...

Stella Meehan & Aisling O'Brien bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture, which this week include:   -       Dairy & tillage farm incomes could drop by over 50% this year -       Call for DAFM to extend ACRES scorecard deadline -       Warning that farmers won’t produce lamb anymore -       ‘Blanket’ planning objections to slurry tanks -       Over half of young farme...

Stella Meehan & Aisling O'Brien bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture, which this week include: - ‘Wettest July on record’ causing ‘havoc’ on tillage farms - 15% of farms need to make up fodder deficit – Teagasc survey - Top-up payment demanded for milk suppliers - Farm Safety Week: Martin Heydon warns summer is ‘most dangerous’ time on farms - Cavan farmer building Ir...