The Farming Week: New beef scheme, reality behind milk prices, and invasive moth warning

In the latest episode of The Farming Week, Aisling O’Brien and Breifne O’Brien bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture, which this week include:

• New Beef Welfare Scheme to open in July;
• The reality behind milk price and cost of production;
• No significant improvement in water quality – nitrogen levels too high in 40% of Irish rivers;
• Nature Restoration Law vote – Environment committee voting on rewetting postponed;
• Average dairy farmer income over €150,000 in 2022;
• Department advises ‘extreme caution’ around invasive moth.

Plus, this week’s question is asking: Should nitrates derogation be catchment based?

To vote, just go to Spotify and search for The Farming Week.

Last week we asked: Have you carried out a fodder budget on your farm? 43% of listeners said ‘Yes’ with 57% saying ‘No’.

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