Charles O’Donnell, Aisling O’Brien and Hugh Harney bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture from Agriland, which this week includes: 

• 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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Charles O’Donnell, Aisling O’Brien, Louise Hickey, Breifne O'Brien and Colm Ryan bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture from Agriland, which this week includes: 

• 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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Charles O’Donnell, Aisling O’Brien and Rubina Freiberg bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture from Agriland, which this week includes: 

• 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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Charles O’Donnell, Aisling O’Brien and Rubina Freiberg bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture from Agriland, which this week includes: 

• 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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Charles O’Donnell, Aisling O’Brien and Rubina Freiberg bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture from Agriland, which this week includes: 

• 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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Charles O'Donnell, Aisling O'Brien and Hugh Harney bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture from Agriland, which this week includes:

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

• 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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Charles O'Donnell, Aisling O'Brien and Louise Hickey bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture from Agriland, which this week includes:

• 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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Charles O'Donnell, Aisling O'Brien, Louise Hickey and Breifne O'Brien bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture from Agriland, which this week includes:

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

• 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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