The Farming Week

The Farming Week: New nitrates plan, beef price uptick and bird flu biosecurity

The Farming Week: New nitrates plan, beef price uptick and bird flu biosecurity

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

New Nitrates Action Programme published;

Beef prices lift as Christmas orders arrive;

New bird flu biosecurity regulations announced;

Tipperary family claims 2025 NDC/Kerrygold Quality Milk Award;

Irish concerns over next CAP outlined at Luxembourg meeting

Bullock sold for €12,000 at fundraiser for young farm accident survivor.

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The Farming Week: New nitrates plan, beef price uptick and bird flu biosecurity

The Farming Week: New nitrates plan, beef price uptick and bird flu biosecurity

Charles O’Donnell, Kathleen O’Sullivan and Breifne O’Brien bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture from Agriland, which this week includes:New Nitrates Action Programme published;Beef prices lift as Christmas orders arrive;New bird flu biosecurity regulations announced;Tipperary family claims 2025 NDC/Kerrygold Quality Milk Award;Irish concerns over next CAP outlined at Luxembourg meetingBullock sold for €12,000 at fundraiser for young farm accident survivor.

30 Oct 2025

The Farming Week: Dawn Meats deal, Eco-scheme and milk price cuts

The Farming Week: Dawn Meats deal, Eco-scheme and milk price cuts

Charles O’Donnell, Aisling O’Brien, Francess McDonnell and Breifne O’Brien bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture from Agriland, which this week includes:Eco-Scheme payments to hit farmer’s bank accounts;Milk prices tumble;Dawn Meats New Zealand venture gets green light;Live trade concerns from lumpy skin disease;IHFA considers IVF breeding facility;EU launches generational renewal plan.

23 Oct 2025

The Farming Week: €510m BISS payments, TB spend hits €79m and Rockwell farm

The Farming Week: €510m BISS payments, TB spend hits €79m and Rockwell farm

Charles O’Donnell, Aisling O’Brien and Francess McDonnell bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture from Agriland, which this week includes:€510m in BISS advance paymentsRetailers drop own-label milk prices2025 cattle supply 120,000 head below last yearTB programme spend hit €79.

16 Oct 2025

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