The Farming Week

The Farming Week Podcast: Food prices under spotlight, McGuinness on farming policy, Tirlán turnover hits over €3bn and an agri-romance

The Farming Week Podcast: Food prices under spotlight, McGuinness on farming policy, Tirlán turnover hits over €3bn and an agri-romance

Stella Meehan and Aisling O’Brien bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture, which this week include:

Retailers must protect prices paid to farmers, says government minister;

Tirlán reports 36% jump in turnover to €3bn;

EU Commissioner Mairéad McGuinness says some farming policy choices were ‘not the right ones’;

Moving Balmoral Show was a stroke of genius;

‘We partied ’til the cows came home’.

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The Farming Week: Derogation concerns, tractor driving test and Ploughing prep

The Farming Week: Derogation concerns, tractor driving test and Ploughing prep

Charles O’Donnell and Aisling O’Brien bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture from Agriland, which this week includes:Warning of €555m annual fall in milk cheques without derogation;NDC VAT dispute results in annual loss of €3.

28 Aug 2025

The Farming Week: Virginia Show, presidential election, and milk price round-up

The Farming Week: Virginia Show, presidential election, and milk price round-up

Charles O’Donnell, Kathleen O’Sullivan and Hugh Harney bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture from Agriland, which this week includes:Highlights from Virginia Show;Latest milk prices and dairy markets;Presidential election;New INHFA president confirmed;Fragmented farms could face nitrogen cut;No link between milk processing and Cork fish kill;Building Focus on Wexford calf shed;Biggest Holsteins in Ireland?

21 Aug 2025

The Farming Week: Beef Scheme, Dawn Meats deal and Asian hornet

The Farming Week: Beef Scheme, Dawn Meats deal and Asian hornet

Charles O’Donnell, Aisling O’Brien and Breifne O’Brien bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture from Agriland, which this week includes:Beef Welfare Scheme opens;Tullamore Show review;ACRES scorecard deadline nears;Over 1,200 apply for Forgotten Farmers scheme;Dawn Meats seeks majority share of NZ’s largest lamb processor;Glanbia delivers “resilient” half year performance;Asian hornet found in Cork;Rose of Tralee hopefuls on farmingDon’t forget to rate, review and follow The Farming Week, Agriland’s weekly review of Irish agriculture, and visit Agriland.

14 Aug 2025

The Farming Week: TB spend on vets, farmers out of SCEP, and farm plastic costs

The Farming Week: TB spend on vets, farmers out of SCEP, and farm plastic costs

Charles O’Donnell and Kathleen O Sullivan bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture from Agriland, which this week includes:Farming community hit by deaths in Mayo and Tipperary;New DAFM annual report reveals TB testing payments to vets;4,600 herds gone from SCEP;Latest Teagasc fodder survey figures;TB lesions in cattle from non-restricted herds;Farm plastics collection prices increasing.

8 Aug 2025

The Farming Week: Farm profits in 2025, GAEC 2 latest, planning permission shake-up

The Farming Week: Farm profits in 2025, GAEC 2 latest, planning permission shake-up

Francess McDonnell, Kathleen O Sullivan, Breifne O’Brien and Maitiú Monaghan bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture from Agriland, which this week includes:What the sharp decline in the national herd really means;Brighter days ahead – will farm profits rise in 2025?

31 Jul 2025

The Farming Week: Forgotten Farmers, major food recall and PTO grants

The Farming Week: Forgotten Farmers, major food recall and PTO grants

Charles O’Donnell and Aisling O’Brien bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture from Agriland, which this week includes:Long-awaited Forgotten Farmers scheme;Major food recall and listeriosis outbreak;NDP funding for TAMS and forest windblow;TB reactors continue to climb in latest figuresDAERA approves voluntary bluetongue vaccine;PTO grant opens;Who will judge the Diageo Baileys Champion Cow?

24 Jul 2025