AgriFocus: What’s happening with land sales, prices and ageing farmers?

The Farming Week: Fuel payments and tax, diesel scrappage, peat in court

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 Farming Week: More bluetongue, Michael Gaine trial, fuel scheme extended

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 Farming Week: Fertiliser plan, Kinisla launch and derogation applications

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 Farming Week: Badger scheme, Brazil faces EU export ban and beef price pressure

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.

The Dairy Trail: Fleckvieh cows and once-a-day milking in Co. Clare

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.