The Farming Week

The Farming Week: Mercosur saga, Irish food exports, and 4,000 cattle wanted for live export

The Farming Week: Mercosur saga, Irish food exports, and 4,000 cattle wanted for live export

Charles O'Donnell, Aisling O'Brien, Breifne O'Brien and Joe Griffin bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture from Agriland, which this week includes:

Mercosur deal reaching culmination;

Possible boost in farm payments in new CAP;

Irish agri-food exports hit record levels;

4,000 male cattle wanted for new live export contract;

Agriculture remains most dangerous sector to work in.

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: Mercosur saga, Irish food exports, and 4,000 cattle wanted for live export

The Farming Week: Mercosur saga, Irish food exports, and 4,000 cattle wanted for live export

Charles O’Donnell, Aisling O’Brien, Breifne O’Brien and Joe Griffin bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture from Agriland, which this week includes:Mercosur deal reaching culmination;Possible boost in farm payments in new CAP;Irish agri-food exports hit record levels;4,000 male cattle wanted for new live export contract;Agriculture remains most dangerous sector to work in.

8 Jan 2026

The Farming Week: Mercosur protests, planning update, disease watch and milk cheques

The Farming Week: Mercosur protests, planning update, disease watch and milk cheques

Francess McDonnell, Kathleen O’Sullivan, Cathal O’Shea and Breifne O’Brien bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture from Agriland, which this week includes:Mercosur votes and protests;Bluetongue vaccines and cases;New planning exemptions for farmers;Work permit quotas;Milk cheque reductions;BVD Action Plan 2026;Boost for Agri-Food RegulatorDon’t forget to rate, review and follow The Farming Week, Agriland’s weekly review of Irish agriculture, and visit Agriland.

18 Dec 2025

The Farming Week: Nitrates derogation confirmed, bluetongue latest, Irish whiskey sales

The Farming Week: Nitrates derogation confirmed, bluetongue latest, Irish whiskey sales

Charles O’Donnell, Francess McDonnell, Cathal O’Shea and Joe Griffin bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture from Agriland, which this week includes:Nitrates derogation confirmed;New Nitrates Action Programme finalised and what it means for slurry storage;Farm scheme payments round up;Latest on Mercosur;No cattle at Winter Fair due to bluetongue;Record sales for Irish whiskey.

11 Dec 2025

The Farming Week: Bluetongue, derogation developments, and farm incomes

The Farming Week: Bluetongue, derogation developments, and farm incomes

Charles O’Donnell and Kathleen O’Sullivan bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture from Agriland, which this week includes:Bluetongue outbreak in Northern Ireland;Bird flu in Cavan;Developments on the nitrates derogation;Payments get underway for several schemes;Outlook for 2026 farm incomes;Department confirms several ACRES changes.

4 Dec 2025

The Farming Week: Nitrates derogation, scheme payments latest and the €33,500 heifer

The Farming Week: Nitrates derogation, scheme payments latest and the €33,500 heifer

Francess McDonnell and Kathleen O’Sullivan bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture from Agriland, which this week includes:Commission recommends nitrates derogation;What’s the latest on scheme payments;New antiparasitic rules to come into force;Bird flu cull numbers;The hottest heifer in the country.

27 Nov 2025

The Farming Week: Milk price cut, sheep thefts and calving gate concerns

The Farming Week: Milk price cut, sheep thefts and calving gate concerns

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:Milk price cuts continue;New bonus for young sheep farmers;National Beef Conference and latest beef prices;Organic Farming Scheme opens for applications;Kerry farm family tormented by sheep thefts;Mercosur deal edges closer despite continued concerns;Agri-Food Regulator issues “call to action” on transparency;Concern over calving gate mechanism issuesDon’t forget to rate, review and follow The Farming Week, Agriland’s weekly review of Irish agriculture, and visit Agriland.

20 Nov 2025