The Farming Week

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

• Budget 2027 broken down;
• Bluetongue spread continues;
• New figures on farm incomes and margins;
• FBD National Dairy Show gets underway;
• Major global livestock show in France.

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

• What's in store in Budget 2027?;
• Slurry spreading deadline extended;
• Prices announced for harvest 2026;
• Legal notice over calf exports;
• CAP talks ramping up.

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:

• Fuel support scheme for farmers to be extended
• Bluetongue detected in sheep for first time in Ireland
• What’s been happening with beef and sheep prices this week?
• Govt urged to address 'VAT anomaly' that 'penalises' farmers
• Draft guidelines target 'inconsistent' rural housing policies
• Ploughing 2027 location confirmed

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 sit down for special live edition of The Farming Week podcast from the Agriland stand at the 2026 National Ploughing Championships.

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:

• Dutch authorities threaten to fine Irish calf transporters;
• Buyer of 400,000 calves confirms move to trial 'Rose beef' production in Ireland;
• Ireland’s first bluetongue infection of 2026 confirmed;
• Heydon aims for partial deal on next CAP by October;
• 2026 FBD Young Farmer of the Year announced.

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:

• EU ban on Brazilian beef imports kicks in;
• Winter beef finishers commence buying cattle for 2026/2027 season;
• TB testing, a shock resignation and questions for the Veterinary Council;
• Leftover fuel scheme money earmarked for fertiliser support;
• Farmers risk losing BISS payments over hedge removal rules.

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:

• 22% of farms with fewer than 100 days feed available;
• When should fertiliser be spread again?
• Phased fuel excise restoration set from November;
• EU talks with Brazil 'ongoing' as export ban deadline looms;
• Surge in student demand for veterinary medicine courses.

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:

• National fodder committee set to meet as concerns grow over impact of drought;
• Some contractors 'left with no option but to reduce workforce';
• €28m suckler scheme with bluetongue vaccine option opens;
• Independent Ireland set to meet Irish Ferries on live exports;
• Coillte ordered to halt Tipperary felling amid oak tree concerns.

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:

• Fears over fodder supplies as drought bites;
• 'Disciplinary process' underway after 14 cattle die at Coolmore;
• Meeting to discuss 'growing crisis' in livestock export sector;
• What is the average value of an acre of farmland in your region?
• The labour-saving tool that took Tullamore Show by storm.

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:

• Brittany Ferries to end livestock transport;
• €124 million worth of beef imported into Ireland up to end of May;
• External review ordered after Tyrone cattle cull;
• Bluetongue cases in Britain surpass 70 in just one month;
• Monaghan man breaks world record after reversing tractor and trailer nearly 70km.

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