The Agriland team bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture, which this week includes:

• Bord Bia governance review endorses chair Larry Murrin;
• EU unveils €500m fertiliser support package;
• Beef price steadies after 5 weeks of 10c/kg declines;
• Govt to use EU presidency role to boost CAP funding;
• 'Little overall improvement' in water quality in 2025 – EPA.

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Ciara Stanley is running a beef enterprise and farm shop alongside her husband Robert in Tullow, Co. Carlow at Coppenagh House Farm.

She is also an entrepreneur, running both a clothing brand and embroidery business.

She spoke to Agriland about showing the realities of farming to consumers, the importance of diversification for her enterprise, and the supports that have helped her along the way.

Groundbreakers, proudly supported by FBD, is highlighting the important role of women in farming.

The Agriland team bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture, which this week includes:

• Over 32,000 farmers apply for fuel support scheme;
• Pressure on beef prices continues;
• Bord Bia board to meet to discuss governance review;
• 43% of farms fail local authority water quality inspections;
• Greenway projects costing €2m/km on average.

Don’t forget to rate, review and follow The Farming Week, Agriland’s weekly review of Irish agriculture, and visit Agriland.ie for more.

In the first instalment of Agriland's 'Groundbreakers' series, we meet a Co. Galway farmer who is passionate about representing women in agriculture and tackling the issues they face.

Mona O'Donoghue Concannon runs a dairy, beef and suckler farm with her husband, brother and daughter near Tuam, Co. Galway.

She is chair of the Women in Agriculture Stakeholders Group, which aims to improve inclusivity and gender balance in farming.

She spoke to Agriland about the barriers facing women in the sector, what changes are needed, and why she decided to become a farmer representative.

Groundbreakers, proudly supported by FBD, is highlighting the important role of women in farming.

In this episode of AgriFocus, Agriland editor Stella Meehan is joined by Matthijs Bremer and Manuelle Iamakami from DCA Market Intelligence to discuss the situation with beef markets and the continuing drop in beef price.

DCA Market Intelligence, formerly DCA-Markets, is part of DCA Groep B.V. Since 2005, it has grown into a trusted Price Reporting Agency (PRA) with a mission to turn market developments into transparent, independent data and insights that support businesses across the food and agriculture industry.

Beef price has taken a tumble in Ireland over the past few months and the impact of quotas in China and lower consumer demand due to cost, are having a big effect on the sector.

The Agriland team bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture, which this week includes:

• Tax and fuel payments;
• Diesel vehicle scrappage scheme;
• Irish farming and the EU's green future;
• More trouble ahead for beef farmers?
• Ireland in the dock over peat cutting.

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 Agriland team bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture, which this week includes:

• Bluetongue case in Tipperary;
• Michael Kelly for trial for murder of farmer;
• Victor Boyhan on succession in Seanad;
• Fuel subsidy scheme extended and €26 million savings for DAFM being sought;
• Bloom starts.

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 Agriland team bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture, which this week includes:

• Farmers slam EU Fertiliser Action Plan;
• Kerry Dairy Ireland reveals new name;
• 122,000 farmers apply for BISS and related schemes;
• 26% of dairy herds defaulted to highest excretion band;
• Teen creates farm management tool.

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 Agriland team bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture, which this week includes:

• €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?

Don’t forget to rate, review and follow The Farming Week, Agriland’s weekly review of Irish agriculture, and visit Agriland.ie for more.

In the latest episode of Agriland's limited podcast series "The Dairy Trail", technical dairy specialist, Cathal O'Shea visited the farm of Paul and Judith Davoren in the Burren in Co. Clare.

The Davoren family are milking a herd of Fleckvieh-cross cows on a once-a-day milking system.

The farm is based in a unique area of the Burren, bringing its own challenges when it comes to grassland management, conservation and farming alongside an important part of Ireland’s natural landscape.

Paul and Judith talk us through their decision to move away from British Friesian cows, the benefits of Fleckvieh breeding, the move to once-a-day milking, the difficulties of a tough grazing season, and supplying milk for locally made Burren cheese.