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Francess McDonnell, Kathleen O'Sullivan and Cathal O'Shea bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture from Agriland, which this week includes:

• 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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Charles O'Donnell, Francess McDonnell, Cathal O'Shea and Joe Griffin bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture from Agriland, which this week includes:

• 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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Charles O'Donnell and Kathleen O'Sullivan bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture from Agriland, which this week includes:

• 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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Francess McDonnell and Kathleen O'Sullivan bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture from Agriland, which this week includes:

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

• 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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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:

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

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

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

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

• €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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Charles O'Donnell and Stella Meehan bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture from Agriland, which this week includes:

• 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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Charles O'Donnel and Kathleen O'Sullivan bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture from Agriland, which this week includes:

• 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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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:

• 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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In this special live edition of The Farming Week, from the Agriland stand in Screggan, Co Offaly, we look back on three action-packed days at the National Ploughing Championships 2025. 

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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:

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

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

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

• 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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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 farming

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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.

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