• €6m scheme for on-farm badger biosecurity opens;
• Around 3,600 applications for Fuel Support Scheme;
• Brazilian exports to the EU could be banned from September;
• Beef farmers urged to 'box clever' amid factory price cuts';
• Can venison solve Ireland’s deer issue?

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• Fuel Income Support Scheme for farmers and contractors opens;
• Landowners slam greenway policy at committee hearing;
• How are beef and sheep prices looking this week?
• No formal EU scheme proposed for voluntary cuts in milk output;
• Over 2,200 TAMS applications refused after ranking and selection;
• Almost 93,000 BISS applications submitted to DAFM as deadline nears;
• Ploughing 2027 to be pushed back by a week due to Ryder Cup;
• Tipperary-based milk driver claims Tirlán recognition award.

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• Details of €100 million Fuel Support Scheme revealed;
• ICOS warns of 'enormous financial challenge' to secure fertiliser for 2027;
• Call for flat-rate addition to align with livestock VAT rate;
• Farm plastics recycling shake up to give farmers more choice;
• Bluetongue cases now confirmed in 7 counties;
• What is the latest outlook for land prices and rents?
• Glanbia, Carbery and Kerry Group announce financial results;
• Aurivo and Tirlán present awards for milk quality;
• BISS applications surpass 78,000 as deadline approaches.

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• EU state aid flexibility on fuel costs;
• News from Brussels on next CAP;
• Leo Varadkar in hot water over rural comments;
• Danny Healy-Rae kicked off agriculture committee;
• Tirlán CEO on international volatility;
• Week 2 of new TB rules in marts;
• Key updates on farm schemes.

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• Fuel supports announced but Healy-Rae resigns;
• New TB changes come into effect;
• Dairy industry players announce March milk prices and financial results;
• Key schemes for dairy beef and forestry;
• Agriland catches up with Clarkson's Farm star Kaleb Cooper.

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• Soaring fuel prices spark nationwide protests;
• Contractors call on government to tackle rising fuel costs;
• Fertiliser market set for ‘prolonged tight supply’;
• Should farmers should keep spreading fertiliser despite high prices?
• New TB changes at the mart from Monday, April 13;
• €750,000 earmarked to restore and safeguard traditional farm buildings.

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• Government urged to take action on rising agri fuel costs;
• EU commissioner pours cold water on CBAM suspension for fertiliser;
• Teagasc hikes advisory and education fees;
• Michael O'Leary says farmers should not be worried about Mercosur trade deal;
• Farmer anger over Bord Bia chair laid bare in emails;
• Farmers urged to prepare for new bovine TB measures;
• Sheep Welfare Scheme now open;
• Thieves make a break with 12t of KitKat chocolate bars.

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• Farm orgs slam government fuel cost measures
• 100ac of silage set to cost €2,855 extra as diesel soars;
• Irish farmers face fertiliser shortages over Middle East conflict;
• 'Relentless' price cuts hit beef finishers;
• EU and Australia sign free trade agreement;
• Aurivo and Dale Farm announce 'strategic partnership';
• Proposed animal transport rules to 'effectively end' live exports;
• Bluetongue vaccine to be included in welfare schemes;
• DAFM issues lead poisoning warning.

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• Calls for measures on farmer fuel costs as govt plans response;
• Fertiliser price shock 'may not be as acute as spring of 2022';
• Increase in fertiliser sales linked to higher river nitrogen levels;
• Ireland set for sharp drop in beef production;
• Warning that current high calf prices 'not adding up';
• Committee calls for new funding for nature restoration;
• Galway man wins national novice auctioneer competition.

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• Middle East conflict impacting fuel and fertiliser prices;
• North Cork Creameries latest;
• Kerry Dairy Ireland contracts;
• An Taisce case against sixth NAP;
• TAMS applications issues;
• New changes to Forestry Programme;
• Minister talks Bord Bia and TB at ICSA AGM;
• Big numbers and prices for calves at recent mart sales.

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• Bluetongue movement restrictions ease;
• Jobs at risk at North Cork Creameries;
• Impact of US-Iran conflict;
• IFA protest ends and Bord Bia review to start;
• Mercosur deal provisionally applied;
• TAMS ranking and selection;
• Pneumonia on farms;
• International Year of the Woman Farmer ambassador.

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• IFA heading for minister's Newbridge office amid Bord Bia dispute;
• EU audits Brazilian beef regulations;
• 5,000kg of beef with banned hormone consumed in Netherlands;
• 2026 Tillage Support Scheme launched;
• Additional bluetongue cases confirmed;
• Met Éireann to start using 'localised' weather warnings.

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• Hundreds of farmers voice anger over Bord Bia controversy at Mayo meeting
• Investigations ongoing into further cases of bluetongue
• Cross-border TB pilot launched at Donegal farm
• EU nitrogen fertiliser imports plummet
• Teagasc says not all vacant posts will be filled due to pay ceiling
• Funding for new flour mills
• Do you leave the keys in your farm vehicles?

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• Larry Murrin controversy continues;
• Heydon calls meeting of key stakeholders;
• Food labelling in the spotlight;
• EU auditors spark concerns for farm payments;
• DAFM seeking skilled operatives for badger programme;
• Key deadline for hedge cutting and burning;
• Farmers buy local pub.

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• Larry Murrin's committee appearance;
• Bluetongue latest;
• Contractors' 2026 prices;
• Key EU commissioners in Ireland on CAP;
• Home heating oil thefts.

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• Bluetongue confirmed in Ireland;
• IFA begin rolling protest outside Bord Bia;
• Bord Bia chair to appear before Oireachtas committee;
• Irish EU Commissioner 'regrets' move to refer Mercosur to court;
• DII disappointed by no new dairy access in India trade deal;
• Splash-plate slurry spreading allowed on land with steep hills;
• Where are the agri ministers heading for St. Patrick’s Day?

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• Bord Bia chair gets board support
• MEPs refer Mercosur deal to Europe’s top court;
• Over 400t of Mercosur beef imported to Ireland in 2025;
• No recovery in factory cattle supply expected this year;
• 338 jobs at risk as ABP to cease retail packing at Dungannon site;
• TB Action Plan changes set to kick in this April;
• Farmers could face ‘more regulations’ under proposed Eco Scheme changes;
• Gurteen College’s new tractor fleet.

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• EU set to sign Mercosur deal;
• Over 20,000 farmers attend anti-Mercosur protest in Athlone;
• Beef factory fined 18 times for carcass trim breaches in 2025;
• Kepak reviews 'beef deboning and cutting operations' at Clonee site;
• Chinese market to reopen to Irish beef exports;
• Call for voluntary milk reduction scheme as prices drop;
• Prices of pints and postage to increase;
• What is Ireland’s favourite make of tractor?

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• Mercosur deal reaching culmination;
• Possible boost farm payments in new CAP;
• Irish agri-food export hit record levels;
• 4,000 male cattle wanted for new live export contract;
• Agriculture remains most dangerous sector to work in.

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• 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 Regulator

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• Commission backs 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.

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• 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 issues

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• ACRES and Sheep Welfare Scheme payments;
• 'Very challenging’ 12 months ahead for dairy;
• Heydon 'monitoring' TB valuations;
• ICSA protest at Dáil over Mercosur;
• Third bird flu farm outbreak;
• Deal reached on CAP simplification;
• Protest over CPOs at Leinster House.

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• Housing order as bird flu cases confirmed
• 2,000 farmers attend nitrates derogation meeting (Kathleen with clips of Minister, Gorman and O’Neill)
• Draft proposal on splash plate use for hilly ground
• 20% CAP cut 'not a done deal' (Clip – Kathleen will forward)
• ICSA plans further Dáil protest on Mercosur deal 'safeguards'
• Farmers to demonstrate over greenway issues outside Leinster House

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• 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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• 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.

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• €510m in BISS advance payments
• Retailers drop own-label milk prices
• 2025 cattle supply 120,000 head below last year
• TB programme spend hit €79.4m by end of Q3
• Nitrate levels decrease in 39% of river sites but 'too high' in 44% - EPA
• Rockwell Farm hits the market with €21m guide price
• Fota Wildlife Park closed until further notice as bird flu confirmed
• 30,000 pumpkins for picking on east Cork farm

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• Budget 2026;
• Biogas plant on Galway dairy farm;
• Spiritans to sell Rockwell Farm;
• Bird Flu in Tyrone;
• EU regulation on Mercosur safeguards officially proposed.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• New TB action plan unveiled
• Funding for new TB measures yet to be decided
• Dairy sector faces 200,000-cow cut if derogation lost
• TAMS reference costs revised
• FBD Young Farmer of the Year
• Countdown to Ploughing

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• TAMS reference costs updated;
• EU Commission pushes to ratify Mercosur deal;
• Beef and lamb trade updates;
• Ornua PPI and GDT fall;
• Flexibility sought on unprotected urea deadline;
• Farm Safety Community Champion Programme.

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• Warning of €555m annual fall in milk cheques without derogation;
• NDC VAT dispute results in annual loss of €3.05m;
• FCI warns against introduction of tractor driving test;
• Further sightings of Asian hornet in Ireland;
• ACRES scorecard deadline nears;
• Hedge cutting season set to start;
• Ploughing preparation in 'full swing' in Offaly

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• 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?

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• 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 farming

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• 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.

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• What the sharp decline in the national herd really means;
• Brighter days ahead - will farm profits rise in 2025?
• Could farmers get higher CAP payments?
• Concerns raised over GAEC 2 appeal criteria
• Planning shake-up - what it could mean for rural Ireland?
• New electricity legislation - what landowners need to know;
• Bald but bold – the little calf winning hearts

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• 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 figures
• DAERA approves voluntary bluetongue vaccine;
• PTO grant opens;
• Who will judge the Diageo Baileys Champion Cow?

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• 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.

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• Nitrates derogation and its link to the Habitats Directive
• Beef trade latest;
• Tillage harvest underway in Kilkenny;
• Sheep shearing mammoth 50- hour stint for charity;
• John Deere and the ‘right to repair’ controversy

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• EPA report on nitrates;
• Stena Line to withdraw Cherbourg sailing;
• Moorepark Open Day 2025;
• Bird flu in coastal wild birds;
• Delayed ACRES payments;
• Farm Safety Action Plan;
• Hedgerow rules "confusion".

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• Average family farm income up by 87% in 2024;
• No decision yet on next CAP budget;
• IFA wants CAP scheme for active farmers;
• Macra calls for inclusion of installation aid in new CAP;
• Over 1,600 farmers still awaiting 2024 ACRES advance payments;
• Cabinet approval to address increasing bovine TB levels;
• Agri-food sector voices concerns on proposed employment permit salary hikes;
• Responsibility for dog control transferred to DAFM.

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• TB programme expected to cost €130m this year;
• Processors announce May milk prices;
• Poultry broiler sector removed from VAT flat rate;
• All Straw Incorporation Measure applicants accepted;
• Concerns over Boortmalt malting barley contracts;
• RSA ‘considering’ driving test for working vehicles;

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• Agri-food trade mission to Japan and Korea
• Minister's delayed ACRES payment timeline;
• Applications open for phase 3 of genotyping programme;
• 10-week old heifer makes €13,000;
• Farm walks on beef production and sustainability;
• 10 cattle killed by lightning.

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• Agriculture and Climate Change Conference;
• 20 EU agri ministers defend two-pillar CAP;
• Latest on beef prices;
• Report outlines climate change risk to agriculture;
• Fines for not disclosing vet medicine withdrawal;
• Common cranes return to Offaly bog.

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• The future for CAP;
• Court blocks Trump tariffs;
• Call for tractors to be banned from motorways;
• EPA notes 'some progress' made on agricultural emissions;
• GAEC 2 appeals system due shortly;
• TD seeks to ban fox hunting.

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• Michael Gaine murder case update
• CAP protests in Dublin
• TB latest
• Agri-Food Regulator’s conference
• ACRES payments update
• Milk prices for April & GDT
• Shannon Airport grazing cattle

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• CAP simplification and reaction;
• CAP budget concerns in IFA meeting;
• Fallout from TB summit;
• Silage season underway;
• Dairy replacement concerns;
• Farm scheme closing dates;
• Ewes pay for Spain holiday.

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• DAFM presents proposals to TB Summit;
• Commissioner to keep direct payments for farmers;
• Minister outlines collection of used agricultural tyres from farms;
• Forgotten farmers survey launched;
• ‘Up-regulation’ for antiparasitic products deferred to September;
• ‘Escaping cow’ mural draws the crowds.

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• Emergency TB meeting;
• Compliance for farm plastic collections;
• Mart licence suspended for two weeks;
• Family of Michael Gaine make appeal for information;
• Latest from the EPA on ammonia emissions;
• From turnover to milk volumes what the financials tell us.

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• 30c/kg taken off peak beef price offers;
• Details on new suckler scheme confirmed;
• Potential GAEC 2 payment as part of CAP simplification;
• Carbery operating profit up 20%;
• 26,000ha of wind damaged forests
• Tidy Towns groups will no longer have to pay insurance costs.

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• 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.

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• Trump pauses higher tariff rates;
• Lakeland reports €21m net profit before tax after 2023 loss;
• Dairygold turnover hits €1.4 billion in 2024;
• Strong increase in milk volumes as grass growth surges;
• Nitrates derogation stocking rate limits map;
• Biosecurity concerns on imported used forestry machinery;
• Firefighters battle wildfires across the island.

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• Trump puts 20% tariff on EU exports;
• Slurry storage exemption expected from September;
• Increased financial support for BVD testing and other scheme updates;
• Cliffs of Moher ‘CPO’ recommendation;
• Rewetting project on Clare farm.

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• DAFM TB proposals;
• Gardaí appeal for information on missing Kerry farmer;
• Job losses at Dairygold;
• The latest update on schemes;
• Restaurants consider removing beef from menus;
• Growing concern over EU-US trade tensions and tariffs.

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• Nitrogen levels in rivers improves;
• ICMSA calls on co-ops to focus on holding base milk price;
• The latest on beef prices;
• 14% of young farmers failed CIS-YF scheme inspections;
• ACRES soil sampling deadline;
• 5,000 apply for TAMS tranche 6;
• MEP says transport rule changes will drive up costs for farmers.

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• The beef wrap with Breifne – including prices, setback to calf exports and Michael O’Leary;
• Foot and mouth confirmed in Hungary;
• EU Commission to audit TB eradication programme;
• New producer standard agreement several months away;
• Dual carriageway project would involve removal of 17 farm buildings;
• Growing shamrock in Kerry

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• Farmers protest over GAEC 2;
• New TAMS tranche for storm damage;
• Nitrates changes;
• Farmers indicate support for tighter movement controls to curb TB spread;
• Minister Healy-Rae doubles down on live exports;
• Calls for 1c of retail price of a pint to be given to barley growers.

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• Minister will use “every avenue” to support forestry owners;
• Horticulture sector risks ‘contraction’;
• Hedge cutting ban to come into force;
• Latest on schemes;
• UCD calf shed;
• Bird flu latest;
• Galway family describe France as ‘paradise’ for farming.

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• EU outlines CAP simplification measures;
• Cattle prices continue to soar;
• Euro-Star row deepens – include Pedigree Breeders Council and ICSA statement;
• Fertiliser prices;
• Milk price wrap;
• Ministers slammed for absence at forestry meeting;

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• BISS opens with conditions attached;
• €32.4m in tillage and horticulture payments;
• Forestry and horticulture storm damage; 
• Generators grant available through TAMS;
• Poultry housing order due to bird flu risk;
• ACRES commonage scorecard reviews;
• New IFA chairs in Wexford and Limerick

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• Storm Éowyn fallout continues;
• Use of livestock ship for calves in doubt;
• Aurivo CEO set to step down;
• ICBF star rating row;
• AI industry to seek intellectual property rights on high-merit bulls;
• Speed limit to drop on some rural roads.

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• Storm Éowyn cleanup and aftermath;
• Call for household generator grant;
• Minister Heydon's first week in the job;
• TB eradication spending increases again;
• Livestock transport ship heading to Ireland;
• Traditional farm buildings grant now open.

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• Storm Éowyn brings “unprecedented, widespread and extensive damage to electricity infrastructure”
• New government formed
• EU Commissioner visits Ireland for first time
• What is the outlook for beef and sheep in 2025?
• Dairygold hosts meetings on loyalty scheme concerns
• Clawback on entitlements will not be reinstated in 2025

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• The new Programme for Government – what’s next for farmers?
• Who is likely to get ministerial jobs in DAFM?
• Latest on Foot and Mouth fears;
• Why are Dairygold milk suppliers unhappy?
• The roll out of December milk prices
• IFAC unveils the Irish Farm Report 2025;
• Why generational renewal should be front and centre this year
• Who is raising a glass as the price of a pint goes up?

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• Impact of cold weather;
• Irish agri-food exports hit 17bn in 2024;
• Look ahead to milk price announcements;
• Beef prospects for 2025;
• HSA workplace fatality figures;
• Slurry application windows;
• A record breaking goose?

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• Shareholders approve €500m Kerry dairy deal;
• Dairygold boosts sustainability bonus;
• Sean McNamara re-elected ICSA president;
• CSO farm structure report;
• Sheep farmer makes appeal after dog attack;
• Supporting Irish farmers when doing your Christmas shopping

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• DAFM to formally apply for renewal of nitrates derogation;
• Fallout continues on Mercosur deal;
• Agri-Food Regulator to publish weekly beef prices;
• Kerry Co-op dairy deal vote approaches;
• 700 ducks seized from Wicklow farm;
• Live animal crib returns to Dublin city centre.
• Venue for Ploughing 2025 announced

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• Fallout from Election 2024;
• ICMSA AGM;
• IFA delivers letter on Mercosur;
• Teagasc Outlook 2025;
• All the various balancing payments;
• And finally... Agriland wins awards

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• General Election 2024 countdown;
• Shareholders air views on Kerry Dairy Ireland deal;
• Dairygold milk supplier census findings;
• New EU Commission approved as Mercosur fears persist;
• ICBF launches new nitrates calculator;
• Record-breaking heifer.

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• Parties set out farming priorities ahead of election;
• Who wants to be the next minister for agriculture?;
• The cold snap to give way to a storm;
• Crackdown on illegal hunting;
• Farmer protests over Mercosur deal – also going to include UFU and London demonstration as a follow on;
• Gardaí borrow tractor for road and farm safety training.

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• Proposed €500m sale of Kerry Dairy Ireland;
• Party leaders woo farmer vote ahead of election;
• ICBF aiming to include SCEP weights in evaluations from 2025;
• The outlook for Irish organic beef;
• Customers reopen rural Waterford pub after its closure

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• Arrabawn and Tipperary Co-op merger latest;
• What’s the outlook for October milk prices?
• Plans and pledges from Brussels;
• Questions over who will take over the farm?
• Concerns over farm inspections and TB;
• Latest on schemes and payments

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• Taoiseach Simon Harris speaks at IFA conference;
• ACRES review by minister;
• TAMS, SCEP and schemes;
• Teagasc Sustainability Report;
• ICSA rally against Mercosur;

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• Scheme updates;
• Irish cow numbers fall over 78,000 head in past year;
• Beef price latest;
• Government moves agri legislation ahead of election
• Call to suspend proposed changes to Agricultural Relief;
• 450 farmers sign petition opposing splash plate ban;
• FarmPEAT Project takes stock of progress.

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• BISS and CRISS payments commence;
• New schemes opening for organics and soil sampling;
• Continued ACRES concerns after farmer's pension 'reviewed';
• EPA on illegal peat extraction;
• Review of AXA National Dairy Show.

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• Minister 'open' to €40/calf payment;
• Net margins for calf to beef farms;
• Sector reacts to live exports documentary;
• Meetings to discuss possible Arrabawn-Tipperary merger
• MII sustainability charter;
• Fire in Kilkenny;
• National Dairy Show.

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• Budget 2025: Allocations to department schemes;
• Budget 2025: Tax reliefs for farmers and RZLT;
• EPA State of the Environment Report;
• Latest TB figures and further bluetongue concerns;
• Kepak Westmeath investment;
• Quality Milk Awards and Environmental Sustainability Awards.

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• No plans to extend slurry spreading season;
• Bord Bia's new producer standard;
• Last calls on government ahead of Budget 2025;
• EPA report targets solid fuel use;
• Bill introduced in Dáil on An Taisce;
• Farmer teaches helicopter owners a lesson;

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• UL pulls out of vet school contention;
• ACRES latest;
• Blackleg update;
• Taoiseach/Tánaiste meets with farm orgs;
• Hen harrier plan;
• FTMTA tractor registration figures;
• And finally...water divining.

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• What is the future for EU agriculture?;
• Arrabawn and Tipperary Co-op discuss possible merger;
• Dairygold undertakes supplier census;
• Minister defends EU stance in ‘subsidy’ row on China visit;
• Concerns over TB eradication programme;
• Countdown to National Ploughing Championships;
• A very special tractor.

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• Slatted tanks eligibility for nutrient storage scheme;
• Farm orgs meet ministers on budget and RZLT;
• 'Shadow wage' on Irish dairy farms;
• Straw imports from UK;
• Farmers concerned over walking festivals;
• CAO offers and fall in points for some agri science course.

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• Nitrates derogation plan;
• 70% grant for imported slurry storage;
• LESS scheme reopens;
• RZLT to be deferred;
• China launches EU dairy subsidy probe investigation;
• 2024 Baileys Irish champion dairy cow;
• Double success for Ireland at World Ploughing Contest .

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• Commission on Generational Renewal;
• Monthly fee set for farmers viewing some marts online;
• Blackleg warning, link to on-farm earthworks, latest on ragwort poisoning;
• FCI/Agriland fodder survey;
• Details of agri-businesses used in scams;
• Agri-Ultra Cyclists.

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• Beef Welfare Scheme opens for applications;
• Call for increase in July milk price;
• Continued decline in liquid milk suppliers;
• Farmers urged to review fodder;
• Concern over RZLT impact on farmland;
• Farmers at ‘very high risk’ of skin cancer;
• Ireland was fifth-highest EU exporter of ice cream in 2023;

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• Dairy and cattle farm incomes set to rise;  
• Baling Assistance Payment launched;
• Vet medicine discussions continue;
• 134 cases of land with noxious weeds;
• Concerns over hedgerows on rural roads;
• Ugandan nuns gifted tractor by Irish farmers

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• Straw Incorporation Measure reinstated with €175/ha baling payment; 
• Average farm income drops 57% to just under €20,000; 
• Over €40m spent on TB programme; 
• Nitrates legal challenge referred to European court; 
• National Farm Safety Measure for PTO shaft covers. 

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• Minister meeting farm reps over proposed suspension of straw scheme;
• IFA meeting on Nature Restoration Law;
• Latest developments on ACRES interim overpayments;
• Dairy production costs up by 56% since 2015;
• Vets concerned over Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill.

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• Fodder stocks: what should farmers do next;
• Warning over dairy farmer’s income levels;
• The financial and mental impacts of low milk yields in 2024;
• €20m scheme for suckler farmers to open in early August;
• Crop challenges from potential straw shortages to glyphosate;
•  New EPA figures show a 4.6% fall in GHG emissions from agriculture in 2023.

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• Plan for strict restrictions on calf exports to Netherlands from 2026;
• Agreement reached on new Farmers’ Charter;
• ACRES issues - particularly potential clawbacks - and recent balancing payments;
• GPS thefts, arrest, and IFA calling for rural crime unit;
• Interview with Minister Hackett on Green Party leadership run;
• Hedge cutting ban and gardens;

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• Concerns over fodder stocks;
• The cost of making bales of silage;
• The main talking points from BEEF2024 open day;
• DAFM chief inspector on fertiliser database and derogation;
• Almost three quarters of work-related deaths are in agriculture;
• Half of farmers do not know how to contact mental health clinics;
• Over 2,700kg of illegally imported meat seized at airports in 2023.

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• Tirlán seeking voluntary redundancies and updates on milk supply and prices;
• Eamon Ryan stepping down and the race for a new Green Party leader;
• Nature Restoration Law passes;
• €21.1m in ACRES balancing payments to begin this week;
• Teagasc issues ‘red alert’ potato blight warning;
• Agri-Food Regulator publishes three-year strategy

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• EPA report and reactions;
• Election counts start to wrap up at local and European level;
• Liming programme extension;
• TAMS payments commence plus reactions and wrap up on approvals;
• Danish investment firm to set up AD plants in Ireland;
• 200 year old farm building gets new lease of life.

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• Revenue guidance on VAT refunds and reaction
• Most popular sire breeds in sucklers
• Kilkenny based dairy business with 470 cows sold for €1.45m
• Inter-county footballer and farmer
• Sheep Shearing Championships Mountbellew

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• €40m National Biomethane Strategy published;
• Protesters demand ‘justice’ for ash dieback farmers;
• DII presents 10-point plan to ‘secure’ nitrates derogation;
• Agriculture to ‘exceed’ emissions ceiling;
• AMS to be used to check extensive grazing measure in ACRES

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• Agriland readers’ poll on who they’ll be voting for in the European elections;
• Farmers rearing calves to lose out on payment this year;
• Ban on live exports from Britain;
• Environmental impact of small farms;
• Scheme to reward farmers for exporting renewable energy to the grid;
• Kildare farmer scoops Teagasc/FBD Student of the Year award.

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• Beef exports and cattle prices;
• IFA and the Kerry question;
• Calls for a new nitrates derogation taskforce;
• Long awaited tillage report published;
• How to qualify for the ash dieback payment;
• And Gardaí stop 14 year old tractor driver.

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• Committee clashes with Revenue over VAT refunds;
• Over 83,000 BISS applications submitted as deadline nears;
• Minister confirms in-person training for SCEP;
• Processors urged to ‘maximise’ price paid for April milk;
• Castleisland Mart implements changes to streamline calf sales;
• Silage season 2024 kicks off.

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• New €79.5m ash dieback scheme
• Tirlán on turnover and derogation
• Growing potatoes in the rain.
• Met Éireann blight season gets underway;
• RSA, Irish hauliers and Cherbourg
• What’s next for the Forgotten Farmers group?

• MEPS vote for CAP simplification
• DAFM inspections resume
• Revenue to give clarity on VAT refunds
• Land values to rise by 6% in 2024
• €40 million to upgrade rural laneways
• Ireland’s new national park to span 70,000ac 

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• €100/ha for tillage farmers who plant in 2024
• Dairy exit scheme ‘off the table’
• Weather impacts dairy market outlook
• Co-ops report sharp drop in profits
• ‘Agri-related’ water incident affects 500 people in Mayo
• Safety alert for agricultural tipping trailers

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·      Met Éireann says high pressure due to set in

·      Fodder Transport Support Measure unveiled

·      Anger at lack of support for tillage sector

·      Stretching out silage and turning out stock at Lough Funshinagh

·      National Sheep Welfare Scheme opens

·      New Taoiseach pledges to back farmers

·      ‘We’re in danger of losing part-time farmer’

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·      Weather woes and fodder shortages on farms

·      ACRES exemptions due to poor ground conditions

·      Why did non-ACRES farmers receive €5,000 payment?

·      EU driving licence proposals could have implications for tractors

·      Nature Restoration Law faces uncertain future

·      The cattle trough design that went viral on TikTok

 
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-       FCI contractor charge guide published

-       Increase in prices for farm plastic recycling

-       Imminent increase in green diesel price

-       Farmers running out of fodder and spring grazing is 'unworkable' 

-       Roundup of milk prices

-       Resignation of Leo Varadkar

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-       National Liming Programme extended

-       Farmers granted exemption to three-crop rule

-       EU proposes CAP flexibility for farms under 10ha

-       More changes for SCEP farmers

-       Punch aims for Europe as IFA council protests continue

-       Ministers wear and gift Irish wool on St Patrick’s Day trips

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·      9,000 farmers to be accepted into ACRES tranche 2

·      New €60 million water quality programme aims to get 15,000 farmers on board 

·      Farm orgs welcome interim judgement on nitrates case

·      Priest urges farmer to keep surprise triplet calves

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·      ACRES interim payments begin issuing

·      MEPs pass Nature Restoration Law

·      Teagasc to develop 100ac organic beef research farm

·      58% support reducing the national herd

·      Farmers’ heartbreak over flooding at Lough Funshinagh

·      Who needs a ring on a leap day when you have rings of sheep?

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·      Genotyping programme changes after passport delays

·      Reactors, restrictions and costs all rise for TB programme 

·      665 herds identified for illegal burning

·      ‘The dairy cow can’t pay for everything’

·      TD hits out at septic tank grant rollout

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·      McConalogue announces ACRES interim payment rates

·      IFA campaign focuses on county council meetings

·      Fitzmaurice joins new rural party

·      Aggravated burglary at home of elderly farmer

·      Lakeland raises milk price again for January

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• Local authorities to increase farm inspections
• Details of new suckler scheme
• Tirlán’s €6 million payout to 4,700 farmer shareholders
• EU reacts to farmer protests
• 10 deer management units to be set up
• Farmers join ‘single and mingle’ events

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·      Thousands of farmers support ‘show of solidarity’

·      Protesters from agri-sector confront minister at ICSA AGM

·      Cork marts to charge sellers €5/head for unsold calves

·      Ship carrying thousands of livestock directed to return to Australia

·      Appeal to ‘stop butchering’ hedgerows

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·      The fall-out from Storm Isha and Storm Jocelyn on rural communities

·      DAFM pays out an additional €8.1m in scheme payments

·      Farmer battles TB outbreaks for over 20 years

·      Agricultural tyres to be included in environmental scheme

·      How sheep farmers can improve flock performance

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·      Beef exports to China to resume following discussions with Premier

·      Cap on crude protein in animal feed recommended by water quality group

·      Judge rules that father wanted to leave only son 320ac in his Irish will

·      Ifac Report: Number of farmers unsure about future rises further

·      Farm viability the biggest obstacle to succession planning

·      Kerry Agribusiness drivers take to the picket line

·      Revenue invited before Oireachtas committee over VAT refunds

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·      Agriland Fodder Survey: One third of farmers facing a shortage

·      Lakeland increases milk price for December supplies

·      ‘Big pressure’ on contractors as slurry season approaches

·      Value of Irish food exports down 4% in 2023

·      Agri projects on display at BT Young Scientist Exhibition

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• Range of farm scheme payments to end 2023
• Fallen animal collection service resumes after talks 
• €6,500/ac fixed payment for road CPOs
• Lebanon market secured for 1,000 Irish dairy heifers
• Non-European bark beetle found for first time in Ireland
• Farmer to donate proceeds of Angus bullock sale to Dublin hospital

From all at The Farming Week and Agriland, we wish all our listeners a very Merry Christmas and a Peaceful New Year.

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• Why unregistered farmers are not receiving VAT refunds 
• Fallen animal collection dispute rumbles on
• November milk prices
• New IFA President and Deputy President elected
• ICBF rule out pausing changes to beef indices
• Agri-Food Regulator launched

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• ACRES CP payments delayed until February
• EU proposal on calf transportation
• Teagasc’s, Dr. Laurence Shalloo on calf exports
• Zoe Kavanagh to step down as NDC CEO
• November milk prices
• Farm Assist Christmas bonus to be paid this week
• Live animal crib launched by Dublin’s Lord Mayor

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• Cattle and milk prices to increase in 2024 while inputs fall
• Farmers voice anger over ICBF index changes
• Call for SCEP to be overhauled
• EU officially registers Irish Grass Fed Beef PGI
• Agri-food exports worth record €19bn in 2022
• Short window for dairy farmers to change banding rate
• DAFM offers flexibility on native whitethorn under ACRES

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• Commissioner visits Ireland to discuss nitrates derogation
• Average land price now over €11,700/ac
• Farmers protest at National Beef Conference in Ballinasloe
• Farmers ‘living in fear’ of TB
• Final exemption for burning green waste ends next week
• Quad regulations now in force
• Grants for vacant farmhouses

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• Slats give way in livestock shed on Offaly farm
• Ireland to get PGI status for ‘Irish Grass Fed Beef’
• ICBF delay index changes
• 3 progeny of atypical BSE case cow to be culled
• Concerns that travel rules could impact Irish calf exports
• JCB celebrates its 70th birthday
• Second Mayo farmer surprised by triplet calves

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• Irish beef exports to China suspended
• Campaign to increase dairy exports by €15 million in Malaysia and the Philippines
• Confusion over beef index changes
• €325/ha for Shannon Callows farmers
• Contractors struggle with costs
• Ploughing location and dates revealed
• Triplet calves in Mayo

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• Eco-scheme advance payments worth €184m commence
• Liming, soil sampling and farm safety scheme deadlines extended
• Farmyard manure allowed to be kept on farm over closed period
• TD tells minister €11/ac in tillage supports ‘warrants a slap’
• Shortage of suckler-bred cattle
• The cost of finishing winter cattle

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-       What’s in Budget 2024 for farmers?

-       Mixed reactions to Budget 2024 from farm organisations

-       OECD calls for better targeting of EU farmer payments

-       Farmers offer 12,000 cattle for potential deal with Algerian buyers

-       ‘Record’ financial report for company owned by Danny Healy-Rae

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·      Buyers seeking Irish cattle for export to Algeria as Dutch parliament calls for end to calf imports

·      Lobby group warns EU dairy market is in crisis

·      Kerry Group suppliers move to form producer group

·      Tributes to cattle dealer who died after incident at Loughrea Mart

·      Calls for supports for tillage farmers unable to harvest crops

·      Alternatives to burning green waste on farm

·      Creating more climate-resilient food systems in Ireland

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Up for discussion included debates around the nitrates derogation, the IFA election, pressures on the dairy sector, and of course the effect of the weather on this year’s Ploughing!

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-       Farmers protest over nitrates and payment delays

-       All eligible TAMS applications to be approved

-       Beef Welfare Scheme deadline extended

-       ACRES tranche 2 to open in mid-October

-       IFA elections take shape

-       Countdown to the Ploughing

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- EU cuts Ireland’s nitrates derogation
- 3,000 farmers must adjust to new nitrates limit
- Farmers protest over delayed payments
- Government U-turn on part of concrete levy
- ACRES farmers must complete training course
- Electric Picnic organisers meet farmers over harvest concerns

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- Minister to make case for nitrates derogation next week
- Fertiliser database kicks in
- Burning and hedge cutting window opens
- Farmers say new Electric Picnic dates will impact harvest
- IFA to meet EPA over red meat tweet
- The pothole to beat all others

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- DAFM to backdate extra TB compensation due to farmers
- Almost 2,500 farmers sent satellite inspection notices
- Global milk markets give little hope to dairy farmers
- EU approves €45m sustainable forest management scheme
- Donegal sheep farmer wins FBD Young Farmer of the Year
- Armagh takes Baileys Cow title for 2023 with Meath-bred cow

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- Budget for 2023 Liming Programme doubled to €16m
- July milk prices - Lakeland Dairies reduces price, Kerry Group announces base price of 34c/L with 3c/L payment
- Change at the helm in Glanbia
- Investigation into suspected ‘criminal damage’ in Tipperary after bales set on fire
- Why are blackberries appearing early this year?

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-       Minister announces €50/calf scheme for suckler farmers

-       Commission approves €308m Irish afforestation scheme

-       Fertiliser database change needed so it’s ‘fit for purpose’ – IFA

-       Extensions for ACRES scorecards and shallow cultivation

-       ‘Farmers should date other farmers’ says Katch CEO

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-       Dairy & tillage farm incomes could drop by over 50% this year

-       Call for DAFM to extend ACRES scorecard deadline

-       Warning that farmers won’t produce lamb anymore

-       ‘Blanket’ planning objections to slurry tanks

-       Over half of young farmers binge drink

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- ‘Wettest July on record’ causing ‘havoc’ on tillage farms
- 15% of farms need to make up fodder deficit – Teagasc survey
- Top-up payment demanded for milk suppliers
- Farm Safety Week: Martin Heydon warns summer is ‘most dangerous’ time on farms
- Cavan farmer building Ireland’s first snail processing plant

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-       Battle to retain nitrates derogation – ICMSA says government wants family dairy farms ‘gone’

-       Moorepark Dairy Day - sustainability in the face of challenges

-       Cavan farmer ‘lucky to be alive’ after fall into slurry pit

-       ACRES advisors under ‘significant mental stress’

-       Crucial Nature Restoration Law vote next week

-       On the Record – Anna May McHugh, queen of Irish ploughing

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- EU environment committee rejects Nature Restoration Law
- No show from rural government TDs at Dáil debate on cow cull
- 4,750 farmers to get satellite inspection notifications, says DAFM
- Wexford farmers assess cost of crop damage from hail
- IFA considers postal ballot for national elections

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In this first episode, Ciaran Fitzgerald, who is a food economist with over 30 years’ experience in the agri food sector and is a regular columnist at Agriland, joins Francess McDonnell to talk about a subject that is unavoidable in Ireland – politics and agriculture. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-farming-week/message

- Kerry Group milk suppliers take to the streets – ‘This is only the start of this campaign’ 

- Environment ministers adopt Nature Restoration Law

- Potential to create 230 new places for veterinary medicine annually

- Dairy exit scheme is ‘the beginning of the end for family farms’

- National herd falls by over 550,000 head in 20 years

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- 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

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Aisling O'Brien & Francess McDonnell bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture, which this week include:

- Farmers battle drought conditions

- EU milk price correction ‘now passed’

- IFA presidential election kicks off

- 14,000t of beef imported into Ireland

- Supermarket price wars intensify

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- Rewetting controversy continues in Dáil and on the streets

- Minister formally announces €43m genotyping programme

- Almost 130,000 farmers apply for BISS and other schemes

- Green TD calls for live exports to end

- Vet issues appeal after 8 calves killed by slurry fumes

- Bogs to be developed for recreation activities

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- Farmers won’t be forced to rewet their land, says Minister Ryan

- More deaths involving tractors this week – a reminder about safety at this busy time

- Farmers warn below-cost selling ‘has to stop’

- EPA: Ammonia emissions up nearly 1% in 2021

- Additional income streams highlighted at agri-tourism conference

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- Silage season kicks off and a difficult year ‘demands farmer understanding’ say contractors

- Sinn Fein’s Claire Kerrane says ‘CAP should support food production’

- Government trade mission to China

- First peak milk prices announced and Kerry Group suppliers to get 2022 top-up payment

- Minister examining turf cutting impact on commonage in ACRES

- The walk from the field to the mart

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- 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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- Retailers cut milk and butter prices

- CCPC examining fertiliser sector complaints

- 41,000 farmers apply for liming scheme

- Dutch farmers to be paid to stop breeding

- 600 landowners object to zoned land tax

- Creosote ban for farm fencing comes into force

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- New rural political party proposed by Independent TD Michael Fitzmaurice

- Macra marches from Athy to the Dáil to highlight challenges for young farmers

- Former Minister for Agriculture, Michael Creed, won’t contest next election

- Irish beef imports return to China

- Department criticised for farm plastics recycling scheme

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- More milk price cuts announced for March

- Libyan order for 2,500 Irish cattle cancelled due to visa delay

- Gardaí urge farmers to ‘beef up’ security on yards

- Department develops ‘outline’ of ‘forgotten’ farmers scheme

- Student finalists in Certified Irish Angus Schools competition

- Fox attacks freshly-calved cow

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- Michael O’Leary warns that ‘looney ideas’ from the eco lobby will increase food prices

- Devenish lands at Dowth to go up for sale with guide of €10m

- Firearms committee recommends licensing changes

- GPS thefts warning

- Young Kerry farmer to host new travel TV show

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- Department to conduct 500 nitrates inspections this year

- ESB compensation rates for farmers and landowners

- National Food and Fodder Security Committee to reconvene and meet next week

- Citizens Assembly on Biodiversity

- Calls for mink eradication

- Leitrim students’ farm safety invention

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- Calf exports disrupted again – this time due to an incident at a French lairage

- Vet issues warning of labelling of farm chemicals

- Proposal to double fines for owners of uncontrolled dogs

- Castleblayney Mart meeting hears frustration of farmers

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-       Minister opens €265m suckler and beef support schemes: https://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/minister-opens-e265m-suckler-and-beef-support-schemes/

-       Sheep Ireland factory levy to rise by 8c/head from April 1st:

https://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/sheep-ireland-factory-levy-to-rise-by-8c-head-from-april-1/

-       Dog walkers allegedly assault farmer in Co. Wicklow: https://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/walker-with-dogs-alleged-to-have-assaulted-wicklow-landowner/

-       Minister addresses concerns on creosote ban: https://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/minister-dafm-working-with-industry-on-creosote-alternatives/

-       Mallow to Dungarvan greenway plans cause concern for farmers: https://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/heartbroken-farm-family-fears-the-worst-if-greenway-goes-ahead/

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- Minister urged to investigate regional price disparity in fertiliser:

https://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/minister-urged-to-investigate-regional-price-disparity-in-fertiliser/

- Processors announce further sharp milk price cuts:

https://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/milk-price-cuts-are-unsustainable-icmsa/

- Calf export sailings disrupted again this week:

https://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/calf-exports-to-france-impacted-by-industrial-action/

- New scheme announcements:

https://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/banding-and-nitrates-derogation-deadlines-extended/

https://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/e8m-national-liming-programme-opens-to-farmers/

- More calls for action in the wake of dog attacks on sheep this week:

https://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/gardai-investigate-dog-attack-that-left-two-ewes-dead-in-donegal/

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- Bord Bia looking to hire new auditors to meet new SBLAS demand:

https://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/farmers-advised-to-schedule-sblas-audit-as-applications-rise/

- Work underway on new Irish fertiliser manufacturing facility:

https://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/work-underway-on-new-irish-fertiliser-manufacturing-facility/

- Committee to discuss impact of creosote ban on fencing supplies:

https://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/committee-to-discuss-impact-of-creosote-ban-on-fencing-supplies/

- Climate targets without suckler herd reduction ‘almost impossible’:

https://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/climate-targets-without-suckler-herd-reduction-almost-impossible/

- Keenan owner confirms redundancies in pipeline:

https://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/keenan-owner-confirms-redundancies-in-pipeline/

- Calls for action on badger baiting:

https://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/uspca-calls-for-action-on-badger-baiting/

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- After all the anticipation, ‘all valid ACRES applicants’ have been accepted:

https://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/minister-all-valid-acres-applicants-to-be-accepted/

- TB compensation increases and additional test payment agreed:

https://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/tb-compensation-increase-agreed-icmsa/

- DAFM to consider ending requirement for ‘blue cards’:

https://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/dafm-to-consider-ending-requirement-for-blue-cards/

- Increasing trend of contractors exiting business:

https://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/fci-increasing-trend-of-contractors-exiting-business/

- Bluefaced Leicester delivers sextuplets in Co. Cavan:

https://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/bluefaced-leicester-delivers-sextuplets-in-co-cavan/

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· TAMS 3 has opened and DAFM releases list of included items:

https://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/dafm-unveils-new-tams-3-list/

· DAFM confirms the nitrates banding options for farmers:

https://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/minister-confirms-banding-options-for-dairy-farmers/

· Fertiliser price issues again – Danny Healy Rae calls for an investigation into disparity between Irish and other EU countries’ prices:

https://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/healy-rae-fertiliser-prices-need-to-be-investigated/

· Government’s cost of living package – TBESS to be extended and access will be enhanced and details of plans on excise duties on fuels:

https://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/tbess-to-be-extended-and-enhanced-under-cost-of-living-package/

· Farmers to push ahead with establishment of new group after Athlone meeting:

https://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/farmers-to-push-ahead-with-new-group-after-athlone-meeting/

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· New government-funded climate study has led to outrage & controversy:

https://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/study-climate-target-needs-livestock-cut-more-trees-and-rewetting/

· 75% of farmers are worried about input costs:

https://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/ifac-farm-report-75-of-farmers-deeply-concerned-over-inputs/

· Milk prices fall:

https://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/lakeland-milk-price-down-6c-l-for-january-milk/

· IFA sheep protest in Roscommon may not be the last demonstration:

https://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/video-protest-may-not-be-enough-ifa-sheep-chair/

· EU citizens recommend actions on food waste:

https://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/eu-citizens-recommend-23-actions-on-food-waste-to-commission/

· New Zealand, Kenya & Korea – the agriculture ministers are heading across the globe for St Patrick’s Day:

https://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/mcconalogue-to-visit-new-zealand-this-st-patricks-day/

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