The Farming Week

The Farming Week podcast: ACRES scoring, suckler scheme and US demand for Kerrygold

The Farming Week podcast: ACRES scoring, suckler scheme and US demand for Kerrygold

Francess McDonnell, Breifne O'Brien and Aisling O’Brien bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture from Agriland, which this week includes:

Healy-Rae: ACRES scoring may need overhaul;

Final details revealed on new €3,375 suckler scheme;

National cattle herd falls by 400,000 head in 24 months;

Mart throughput reaches 574,505 cattle in Q1 2025;

Demand grows for Kerrygold in US;

What will the Climate Action Plan mean for farmers?;

Sightings recorded as the birds are back in town.

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: 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

The Farming Week: Battle for CAP, mart credit, ragwort at Leinster House

The Farming Week: Battle for CAP, mart credit, ragwort at Leinster House

Charles O’Donnell and Aisling O’Brien bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture from Agriland, which this week includes:Battle for the next CAP gets underway;Marts under pressure to review cattle sale credit;Trump threatens 30% tariffs on EU;ACRES NPI payment system opens;Ragwort growing outside Leinster House.

18 Jul 2025

The Farming Week: New nitrates rules, Harvest 2025 underway & shearing sheep for 50hrs

The Farming Week: New nitrates rules, Harvest 2025 underway & shearing sheep for 50hrs

Stella Meehan and Kathleen O Sullivan bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture from Agriland, which this week includes:Nitrates derogation and its link to the Habitats DirectiveBeef trade latest;Tillage harvest underway in Kilkenny;Sheep shearing mammoth 50- hour stint for charity;John Deere and the ‘right to repair’ controversyDon’t forget to rate, review and follow The Farming Week, Agriland’s weekly review of Irish agriculture, and visit Agriland.

10 Jul 2025