The Farming Week: Farm incomes rise, blue cards and new slurry machine

The Farming Week: Farm incomes rise, blue cards and new slurry machine

The Agriland team bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture, which this week includes: * Average farm incomes up across the board in 2025; * Will EU livestock and protein strategies deliver for farmers? * Defining 'active farmer' important to CAP deal; * Proposal to digitise cattle passports; * New mobile machine solving slurry-related issues. Don’t forget to rate, review and follow The Farming Week, Agriland’s weekly review of Irish agriculture, and visit Agriland.ie for more.

Groundbreakers: From hospital wards to dairy yards

In the latest episode of Agriland's Groundbreakers series, we hear why a Co. Meath dairy farmer left nursing for dairy farming – and never looked back.  This time around we hear from Laura Hannon who is dairy farming in partnership with her parents and grandmother near Derrypatrick, Drumree, Co. Meath. The 'Groundbreakers' series, which is proudly supported by FBD, is highlighting the important role of women in farming in Ireland.

AgriFocus: Live from Strasbourg with MEP Billy Kelleher

Ireland has officially taken the helm of the EU Council Presidency for the next six months. But what does that mean in practice, and what can Ireland hope to achieve for Irish farmers? In this episode of AgriFocus MEP Billy Kelleher chats to Agriland editor Stella Meehan at the European Parliament in Strasbourg about why the Presidency matters, the priorities Ireland is bringing to the table, and what its leadership could mean for Europe.

The Farming Week podcast: Fuel cuts extended, Farmer Forum and rural housing

The Agriland team brings you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture, which this week includes: * How have beef prices fared this week? * Fuel excise cuts extended; * Irish EU presidency begins as CAP talks enter key period; * Farmer Forum holds first meeting; * New rural housing guidelines. Don’t forget to rate, review and follow The Farming Week, Agriland’s weekly review of Irish agriculture, and visit Agriland.ie for more.

Groundbreakers: Sisters growing futures on and off the farm

In the fourth episode of Agriland's Groundbreakers series, we meet two sisters who combine careers in education with farming on the Galway-Roscommon border. The 'Groundbreakers' series, which is proudly supported by FBD, is highlighting the important role of women in farming in Ireland. In this episode we meet Miriam and Rachel Hastings who are farming with their parents on the Galway/Roscommon border. They have a suckler beef farm, as well as sheep, mainly calving and lambing in the spring. Although both sisters work in education, they life also revolves around the family farm as it has done since they were born.  They also share their passion for farming on social media through their, 'Keeping up with the Hastings' account.