AXA National Dairy Show →

The Farming Week

The Farming Week: Budget 2026, bird flu in NI and Mercosur safeguards

The Farming Week: Budget 2026, bird flu in NI and Mercosur safeguards

Charles O'Donnell and Stella Meehan bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture from Agriland, which this week includes:

Budget 2026;

Biogas plant on Galway dairy farm;

Spiritans to sell Rockwell Farm;

Bird Flu in Tyrone;

EU regulation on Mercosur safeguards officially proposed.

Don’t forget to rate, review and follow The Farming Week, Agriland’s weekly review of Irish agriculture, and visit Agriland.ie for more.

The Farming Week: Budget 2026, bird flu in NI and Mercosur safeguards

The Farming Week: Budget 2026, bird flu in NI and Mercosur safeguards

Charles O’Donnell and Stella Meehan bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture from Agriland, which this week includes:Budget 2026;Biogas plant on Galway dairy farm;Spiritans to sell Rockwell Farm;Bird Flu in Tyrone;EU regulation on Mercosur safeguards officially proposed.

9 Oct 2025

The Farming Week: Weanling exporters, Storm Amy and tillage sector crisis

The Farming Week: Weanling exporters, Storm Amy and tillage sector crisis

Charles O’Donnell and Kathleen O’Sullivan bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture from Agriland, which this week includes:Possible boycott of weanling sales;Storm Amy to hit country;EU trade chief visits Ireland;Aurivo and Dale Farm ‘”future trading relationship”;Urgent calls for tillage sector support in Budget 2026;Tirlán pays down €250 million bond.

3 Oct 2025

The Farming Week: EBI changes, Dairygold concerns and farm trespassing

The Farming Week: EBI changes, Dairygold concerns and farm trespassing

Charles O’Donnell, Aisling O’Brien and Hugh Harney bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture from Agriland, which this week includes:EBI changes revealed;Dairygold to meet suppliers over milk price cut;EU Commissioner to visit Ireland to view water quality efforts;Bill aims to address trespassing on farms;Bird flu confirmed at Cork wildfowl sanctuary;All-Ireland Hedge Laying Championships return.

25 Sep 2025

The Farming Week: All the news from Ploughing 2025

The Farming Week: All the news from Ploughing 2025

In this special live edition of The Farming Week, from the Agriland stand in Screggan, Co Offaly, we look back on three action-packed days at the National Ploughing Championships 2025.

19 Sep 2025

The Farming Week: TB action plan, TAMS costs and Young Farmer of the Year

The Farming Week: TB action plan, TAMS costs and Young Farmer of the Year

Charles O’Donnell, Aisling O’Brien and Hugh Harney bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture from Agriland, which this week includes:New TB action plan unveiledFunding for new TB measures yet to be decidedDairy sector faces 200,000-cow cut if derogation lostTAMS reference costs revisedFBD Young Farmer of the YearCountdown to PloughingDon’t forget to rate, review and follow The Farming Week, Agriland’s weekly review of Irish agriculture, and visit Agriland.

11 Sep 2025

The Farming Week: Mercosur deal, TAMS costs and unprotected urea

The Farming Week: Mercosur deal, TAMS costs and unprotected urea

Charles O’Donnell, Aisling O’Brien, Breifne O’Brien and Cathal O’Shea bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture from Agriland, which this week includes:TAMS reference costs updated;EU Commission pushes to ratify Mercosur deal;Beef and lamb trade updates;Ornua PPI and GDT fall;Flexibility sought on unprotected urea deadline;Farm Safety Community Champion Programme.

4 Sep 2025